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): October 13, 2010
Post Properties, Inc.
Post Apartment Homes, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
1-12080
0-28226
(Commission File Number)
58-1550675
58-2053632
(IRS Employer Identification Number)
4401 Northside Parkway, Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30327
(Address of principal executive offices)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (404) 846-5000
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On October 13, 2010, Post Apartment Homes, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) entered into an agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Operating Partnership, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the underwriters listed on Schedule 1 thereto (the “Underwriters”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Operating Partnership agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Operating Partnership, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.75% Notes due 2017 (the “Transaction”).
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement.
Post Properties, Inc. and the Operating Partnership are filing this Current Report on Form 8-K so as to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission certain items related to the Transaction that are to be incorporated by reference into its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-163895).
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement | |
| 4.1 | Form of Note for 4.75% Notes due 2017 | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of King & Spalding LLP | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of King & Spalding LLP regarding tax matters | |
| 23.1 | Consent of King & Spalding (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1) | |
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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.
Dated: October 18, 2010
| POST PROPERTIES, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ David P. Stockert | |
| David P. Stockert | ||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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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.
Dated: October 18, 2010
| POST APARTMENT HOMES, L.P. | ||||
| By: | POST GP HOLDINGS, INC., as General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ David P. Stockert | |||
| David P. Stockert | ||||
| President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit Number |
Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement | |
| 4.1 | Form of Note for 4.75% Notes due 2017 | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of King & Spalding LLP | |
| 8.1 | Opinion of King & Spalding LLP regarding tax matters | |
| 23.1 | Consent of King & Spalding (included in Exhibits 5.1 and 8.1) | |
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