Edgar Filing: American Homes 4 Rent

AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT

Date: September 19, 2017

/s/ Stephanie Heim

Stephanie Heim

Executive Vice President – Counsel

8-K

UNITED STATES

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): September 13, 2017

AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Maryland

001-36013

46-1229660

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

30601 Agoura Road, Suite 200

Agoura Hills, California

91301

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(805) 413-5300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 8.01 Other Events

Radian Group Inc. (“Radian”), the indirect parent company of Green River Capital LLC (“GRC”), which has been a service provider that provided certain broker price opinions (“BPO”) to American Homes 4 Rent (the “Company”), disclosed in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017 that GRC had received a letter in March 2017 from the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) stating that it is conducting an investigation captioned “In the Matter of Certain Single Family Rental Securitizations” and requesting information from market participants. Radian disclosed that the letter asked GRC to provide information regarding BPOs that GRC provided on properties included in single family rental securitization transactions (“Securitizations”).

On September 13, 2017, the Company received a letter from the staff of the SEC stating that it is conducting an investigation captioned “In the Matter of Certain Single Family Rental Securitizations.” The letter enclosed a subpoena that requests the production of certain documents and communications related to the Company’s Securitizations, including, without limitation, those related to BPOs provided on properties included in Securitizations. The Company intends to cooperate with the SEC. The Company understands that other transaction parties in Securitizations have received requests in this matter.

SIGNATURES

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.