SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION




SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

August 14, 2002

 

Gables Residential Trust
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland 1-12590 58-2077868
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission
File Number)		 (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 

6551 Park of Commerce Blvd., Suite 100
Boca Raton,  Florida  33487
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(561) 997-9700







 





Item 9.   REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

       On August 14, 2002, Gables Residential Trust (the "Company") filed its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Pursuant to the requirements of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the certification of each of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company accompanied that filing.  Copies of the certifications are furnished below.

       The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K is furnished pursuant to Item 9 and shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.  Furthermore, the furnishing of this Current Report on Form 8-K is not intended to constitute a determination by the Company that the information is material or that the dissemination of the information is required by Regulation FD.  By this filing, the Company is not establishing the practice of filing all such officer certifications in a Current Report on Form 8-K in the future and may discontinue such filings at any time.

 

CERTIFICATIONS

       

       The undersigned officer of Gables Residential Trust (the "Company") hereby certifies in his capacity as an officer and to his knowledge that the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 (the "Report"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.   This certification is provided solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed to be a part of the Report or "filed" for any purpose whatsoever.

 

 

 

Date:     August 14, 2002                                                                  /s/ Chris D. Wheeler                      
                                                                                                      Chris D. Wheeler
                                                                                                      Chairman of the Board, President and
                                                                                                      Chief Executive Officer


       



       The undersigned officer of Gables Residential Trust (the "Company") hereby certifies in his capacity as an officer and to his knowledge that the Company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2002 (the "Report"), as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.   This certification is provided solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and shall not be deemed to be a part of the Report or "filed" for any purpose whatsoever.

 

 

 

Date:     August 14, 2002                                                                  /s/ Marvin R. Banks, Jr.         
                                                                                                      Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
                                                                                                      Senior Vice President and 
                                                                                                      Chief Financial Officer



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



SIGNATURE

 

 

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


Date:  August 14, 2002

GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST                

 

By:  /s/  Marvin R. Banks, Jr.                        
   Marvin R. Banks, Jr.                             
Chief Financial Officer