-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QrRME3baWJdB7oAgbWQGw7BOaVtcqvGgJUHjFDyb0gAHCimyWzcNL9gtN1n+jgbT PGgQlvnwp98D6VeSyvAHIA== 0000950137-08-007124.txt : 20080509 0000950137-08-007124.hdr.sgml : 20080509 20080509111503 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-08-007124 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080508 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events FILED AS OF DATE: 20080509 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080509 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895417 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 363857664 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11718 FILM NUMBER: 08816679 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N RIVERSIDE PLZ STREET 2: STE 800 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3122791400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO N RIVERSIDE PLAZE CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940218 8-K 1 c26614e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 

 
 
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: May 8, 2008
(Date of earliest event reported)
EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
         
Maryland   1-11718   36-3857664
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
  (Commission File No.)   (IRS Employer Identification
Number)
     
Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois
(Address of principal executive offices)
  60606
(Zip Code)
(312) 279-1400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
     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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01 Other Events
     On May 8, 2008, Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.20 per share, representing, on an annualized basis, a dividend of $0.80 per share. The dividend will be paid on July 11, 2008 to shareholders of record on June 27, 2008.
     This news release includes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used, words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “believe,” “project,” “intend,” “may be” and “will be” and similar words or phrases, or the negative thereof, unless the context requires otherwise, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to:
    in the age-qualified properties, home sales results could be impacted by the ability of potential homebuyers to sell their existing residences as well as by financial markets volatility;
 
    in the all-age properties, results from home sales and occupancy will continue to be impacted by local economic conditions, lack of affordable manufactured home financing, and competition from alternative housing options including site-built single-family housing;
 
    our ability to maintain rental rates and occupancy with respect to properties currently owned or pending acquisitions;
 
    our assumptions about rental and home sales markets;
 
    the completion of pending acquisitions and timing with respect thereto;
 
    ability to obtain financing or refinance existing debt;
 
    the effect of interest rates;
 
    whether we will consolidate Privileged Access and the effects on our financials if we do so; and
 
    other risks indicated from time to time in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     These forward-looking statements are based on management’s present expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. The Company is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of such changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.
     Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. owns or has an interest in 311 quality properties in 28 states and British Columbia consisting of 112,432 sites. The Company is a self-administered, self-managed, real estate investment trust (REIT) with headquarters in Chicago.

 


 

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.
         
  EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
Date: May 9, 2008  By:   /s/ Michael B. Berman    
    Michael B. Berman   
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer   
 

 

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