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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8K

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 25, 2017

Education Realty Trust, Inc.
Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland
 
001-32417
 
20-1352180
Delaware
 
333-199988-01
 
20-1352332
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600
Memphis, Tennessee
 

38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
 
(Zip Code)

901-259-2500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:

o    Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o    Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o    Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))





Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 25, 2017, Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company") issued a press release providing an update on investments, funding and initial 2017 financial guidance.

A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The press release will be posted to the Company's website.

In accordance with General Instructions B.2 and B.6 of Form 8-K, the information included in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including Exhibit 99.1 hereto), shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.


Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press release dated January 25, 2017.







SIGNATURES
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.

 
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
 
 
Date: January 25, 2017
By:
/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Name: Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP
 
 
Date: January 25, 2017
By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner
 
 
 
 
By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
 
 
Name: Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer






INDEX TO EXHIBITS


Exhibit No.
 
Description
99.1
 
Press release dated January 25, 2017.