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): April 8, 2009
BRE Properties, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Maryland | 001-14306 | 94-1722214 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
525 Market Street, 4th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105-2712
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(415) 445-6530
(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 Instructions A.2 below):
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events. |
On April 8, 2009, BRE Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it commenced a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its outstanding 5.750% Senior Notes due 2009 and any and all of its outstanding 4.875% Senior Notes due 2010. The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase dated April 8, 2009 and a related Letter of Transmittal, which together more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the tender offer.
The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on April 15, 2009, unless extended or earlier terminated.
Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference is the press release announcing the tender offer.
| Item 9.01. | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
| (d) | Exhibits. |
| Exhibit No. |
Exhibit Description | |
| 99.1 | Press Release of BRE Properties, Inc. dated April 8, 2009. | |
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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, thereunto duly authorized.
| Date: April 8, 2009 | BRE Properties, Inc. | |||||
| By: | /s/ KERRY FANWICK | |||||
| Name: | Kerry Fanwick | |||||
| Its: | Executive Vice President and General Counsel | |||||