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): July 10, 2012

 

 

AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUNITIES, INC.

AMERICAN CAMPUS COMMUNITIES OPERATING PARTNERSHIP LP

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Maryland Maryland		001-32265 333-181102-01		76-0753089 56-2473181
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Commission file number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

12700 Hill County Blvd., Suite T-200, Austin, Texas 78738

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (512) 732-1000

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:

 

¨	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨	Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨	Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

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Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Pursuant to the underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”), dated July 10, 2012, between American Campus Communities, Inc. (the “Company”), American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP, the Company’s operating partnership, and American Campus Communities Holdings, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, on one hand, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), on the other hand, the Company agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value of $0.01 per share (the “Common Shares”), and an additional 2,250,000 Common Shares pursuant to an option granted to the Underwriters.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds to fund the cash consideration payable in the previously-announced acquisition from affiliates of Campus Acquisitions, LLC of a portfolio of 15 student housing properties. The Company intends to use the remaining net proceeds to repay its current debt, including 100% of the outstanding balance of its revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”), to fund its current development pipeline and potential acquisitions of student housing properties and for general corporate purposes. Upon application of the net proceeds of the sale of the Common Shares to repay the Credit Facility, each lender will receive its proportionate share of the amount of the Credit Facility so repaid. Affiliates of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and Capital One Southcoast, Inc., each of which is an Underwriter, are lenders and/or agents under the Credit Facility. In addition, the Underwriters and certain of their affiliates have engaged in, and may in the future engage in, investment banking and other commercial dealings in the ordinary course of business with the Company and its affiliates, including but not limited to in connection with the transaction with Campus Acquisitions, LLC. They have received or will continue to receive customary fees and commissions for these transactions.

The description herein of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety, and the terms therein are incorporated herein, by reference to the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Title
1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement, dated July 10, 2012, between American Campus Communities, Inc., American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP and American Campus Communities Holdings, LLC, on one hand, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, on the other hand.

 

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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.

Date: July 11, 2012

 

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Title
1.1		Form of Underwriting Agreement, dated July 10, 2012, between American Campus Communities, Inc., American Campus Communities Operating Partnership LP and American Campus Communities Holdings, LLC, on one hand, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, on the other hand.