8-K

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):  March 6, 2020

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 37421-6000

(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)

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):

☐	Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Securities registered under Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	CBL	New York Stock Exchange
7.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value	CBLprD	New York Stock Exchange
6.625% Series E Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value	CBLprE	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐    

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

Effective March 6, 2020, CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (herein the “Company” or “CBL”), acting through its wholly owned subsidiary that serves as the general partner of CBL & Associates Limited Partnership, the Company’s operating partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), approved the issuance, pursuant to the terms of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”) of the Operating Partnership of an aggregate of 16,333,947 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) in response to exchange notices previously received from the following related parties covering a like number of common units of limited partnership in the Operating Partnership:

Limited Partner Exercising Common Unit Exchange Rights	Number of Common Units Exchanged / Shares Issued
CBL & Associates, Inc. (“CBL’s Predecessor”)	15,520,703
Stephen D. Lebovitz	480,297
Stephen D. Lebovitz & Lisa S. Lebovitz Irrevocable Trust Under Agreement dated April 5, 2003, Michael I. Lebovitz, Trustee	49,365
Stephen D. Lebovitz Irrevocable Trust Under Agreement dated February 27, 1998, Charles B. Lebovitz, Trustee	9,650
Michael I. Lebovitz	212,346
Michael I. Lebovitz & Lauren B. Lebovitz Irrevocable Trust Under Agreement dated March 24, 2003, Stephen D. Lebovitz, Trustee	54,155
Michael I. Lebovitz Irrevocable Trust Under Agreement dated January 6, 1995, Charles B. Lebovitz, Trustee	7,431
TOTAL	16,333,947

The Company’s election to issue shares of Common Stock pursuant to these exchange transactions, each of which closed on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, was made in accordance with the Company’s right to deliver either shares of Common Stock, or their cash equivalent (as determined pursuant to the Partnership Agreement), to complete such exchanges.  We believe these share issuances are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) thereof, because they did not involve a public offering or sale.  No underwriters, brokers or finders were involved in any of these transactions.  

The issuance of these shares of Common Stock does not impact the fully diluted ownership of the Company by these exchanging holders, as disclosed in the beneficial ownership tables in the Company’s annual meeting proxy statements, because ownership of Operating Partnership units potentially convertible into shares of the Company’s Common Stock is already reflected in such calculations of fully diluted ownership.

The Company has been advised that certain Company executives who were involved in these transactions, either directly or through their ownership of a portion of the equity in CBL’s Predecessor, may elect in the future to sell shares of Common Stock that they held prior to the completion of these exchange transactions for tax planning purposes, and some of those sales may occur pursuant to one or more trading plans entered into pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

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: March 11, 2020

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