UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): January 3, 2017
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland | 001-34995 | 27-1712193 |
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia | 30327 |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (770) 818-4100 |
_____________________ (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
The compensation committee (the "Committee") of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. ("we", "us", or the "Company") approved the grant of 286,392 Class B Units (the "Class B Units") of Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P. (the "Partnership") on January 3, 2017 to certain of our officers and directors and to certain other employees of either the Company's manager or another affiliate of the Company who provide services to the Company and/or the Partnership. These grants were calculated using an aggregate compensation to all grantees of $4,205,000.
The Class B Unit grants to our top four executive officers, totaling 194,097 Class B Units, were in lieu of reimbursement for aggregate annual cash compensation of $2,850,000 for 2017, for services to be rendered for the benefit of the Company and/or the Partnership. The Class B Units to the top four executive officers will vest one year from the date of grant. In addition, Class B Unit grants to certain other executive officers, totaling 27,242 Class B Units, were in lieu of reimbursement for aggregate cash compensation of $400,000 for the three years of 2017, 2018 and 2019, for services to be rendered for the benefit of the Company and/or the Partnership. The Class B Units to the other executive officers will vest ratably over three years from the date of grant. In making these grants, the Company acted in its capacity as the general partner of the Partnership.
The Class B Units can be earned based upon an aggregate $4,598,624 increase in the market capitalization of the Company from a baseline value set on the date of grant. All market capitalization calculations will be based on the total number of shares outstanding on the date of grant which was 26,513,690 shares of common stock of the Company. A determination of the number of earned Class B Units will occur on the first anniversary of the date of grant and, to the extent not fully earned on that date, additional determinations will be made at the end of each calendar quarter thereafter until the Class B Units are fully earned or forfeited.
Earned Class B Units, once vested, will automatically convert on a one-for-one basis into Class A Units of the Partnership. Class A Units are exchangeable for shares of the Company's common stock on a one-for-one basis, or cash, as selected by the Company. The shares of the Company's common stock, if and when issued, will be issued pursuant to the Company's 2011 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended.
The Class B Units are designed to qualify as "profits interests" in the Partnership for federal income tax purposes. As a general matter, the profits interests characteristics of a Class B Unit mean that at the time of grant it will not be economically equivalent in value to a Class A Unit. The economic value of a Class B Unit can increase over time as it is earned.
The foregoing summary of the 2017 Class B Unit Award Agreements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the form of 2017 Class B Unit Award Agreement (1-Year), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and the form of 2017 Class B Unit Award Agreement (3-Year), a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, both of which are incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit Number | Description |
10.1 | Form of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2017 Class B Unit Award Agreement (1-Year)* |
10.2 | Form of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. 2017 Class B Unit Award Agreement (3-Year)* |
* Represents a management contract, or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement required to be filed pursuant to Regulation S-K.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. (Registrant) | |
Date: January 9, 2017 | By: | /s/ Jeffrey R. Sprain |
Jeffrey R. Sprain | ||
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | ||