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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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  February 7, 2011
 

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware
  
1-12494
  
62-1545718
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
         
Suite 500, 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd., Chattanooga, TN 37421
(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)
         
423-855-0001
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
         
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, 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.

(e)           Restricted Common Stock Grants

Effective February 10, 2011, and in accordance with grants approved at a meeting held February 7, 2011, of the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), the Company issued a total of 177,250 shares of its common stock pursuant to annual restricted stock awards under its Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.

Included in these grants were the following restricted stock awards to the following five individuals who currently qualify as “named executive officers” of the Company pursuant to Item 402(a)(3) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K:

 
Name:
Title Effective
January 1, 2010:
Number of
Shares Granted:
Charles B. Lebovitz
Chairman of the Board of Directors
25,000
John N. Foy
Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
25,000
Stephen D. Lebovitz
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
25,000
Augustus N. Stephas
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
10,000
Farzana K. Mitchell
Executive Vice President – Finance
10,000

Each of these grants of restricted stock entitles the recipient to receive any dividends paid on the common stock, and to vote such shares, during the vesting period, and is subject to a five year vesting schedule and the other terms and conditions prescribed in the Company's Second Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan and the related Form of Stock Restriction Agreement for restricted stock awards in 2006 and subsequent years, copies of which have been filed previously as exhibits to the Company’s periodic reports and are incorporated herein by reference in Item 9.01(c) below.


Item 9.01
Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)           Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

Not applicable

(b)           Pro Forma Financial Information

Not applicable

 
 
 

(c)           Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
 
Description
     10.5.8
Form of Stock Restriction Agreement for Restricted Stock Awards in 2006 and subsequent years (a)
     10.5.9
CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. Second Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan (b)

 
(a)
Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed on May 24, 2006.*

 
(b)
Incorporated by reference from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2010.*


 
* Commission File No. 1-12494








 
 
 


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.

 
CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
   
   
 
/s/ Andrew F. Cobb
 
Andrew F. Cobb
 
Vice President and
 
Director of Accounting
   
   
   


Date: February 14, 2011