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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 EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 22, 2018

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
 
 
Delaware
 
1-12494
 
62-1545718
Delaware
 
333-182515-01
 
62-1542285
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
 
(Commission File
 Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
 
2030 Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 500, 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.

(c)    Effective June 22, 2018, the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (herein the “Company” or “CBL”) approved the appointment of Michael I. Lebovitz as President of the Company. Stephen D. Lebovitz, who served as Chief Executive Officer and President prior to the promotion of Michael I. Lebovitz to the position of President, will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Additional information concerning Michael I. Lebovitz is incorporated herein by reference from those sections entitled “Election of Directors – Additional Executive Officers” and “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2018.

Item 5.03
Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Also on June 22, 2018, effective immediately and in conjunction with the separation of the positions of Chief Executive Officer and President as described above, the Board of Directors approved amendments to Sections 2.2, 3.4, 4.4 and 4.5 of the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), to clarify the roles of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its President in relation to the calling of Special Meetings and the general administration of the Company’s business and affairs, when those positions are held by two separate individuals.

The foregoing description of these amendments to the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amendments, filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit Number
Description




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.

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
/s/ Farzana Khaleel
Farzana Khaleel
Executive Vice President – Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 


CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
By: CBL HOLDINGS I, INC., its general partner
 
/s/ Farzana Khaleel
Farzana Khaleel
Executive Vice President – Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer
 
 
 




Date: June 28, 2018