8-K Cover Page October 2012



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8‑K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


Date of report: October 1, 2012

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland
 
001-32417
 
20-1352180
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600
Memphis, Tennessee
 

38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

901-259-2500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On October 1, 2012, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release. A copy of this press release is furnished with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included under Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1), shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On October 1, 2012, the Company announced that its same-community opening occupancy was 90.5% for the 2012-2013 lease term, compared to 94.7% occupancy in the prior year. In addition, net rental rates increased 5.1% for the Company’s same-community portfolio for the 2012-2013 lease term over 2011-2012.
 
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits. The following exhibit is being furnished herewith to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
    
Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated October 1, 2012 Announcing Leasing Results for the 2012/2013 Academic Year







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.

 
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
 
 
Date: October 1, 2012
By:
/s/ Randall H. Brown
 
 
Randall H. Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary


 






INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press Release, dated October 1, 2012 Announcing Leasing Results for the 2012/2013 Academic Year