0001302343-16-000397.txt : 20161003 0001302343-16-000397.hdr.sgml : 20161003 20161003171350 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001302343-16-000397 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20160928 FILED AS OF DATE: 20161003 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20161003 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Education Realty Trust, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001302343 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 201352180 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 999 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, STREET 2: SUITE 600 CITY: MEMPHIS STATE: TN ZIP: 38120 BUSINESS PHONE: (901) 259-2500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 999 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, STREET 2: SUITE 600 CITY: MEMPHIS STATE: TN ZIP: 38120 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Thomas John T CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001454164 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-32417 FILM NUMBER: 161916485 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 250 E. WISCONSIN AVENUE, SUITE 1900 CITY: MILWAUKEE STATE: WI ZIP: 53202 3 1 wf-form3_147552921415369.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2016-09-28 0 0001302343 Education Realty Trust, Inc. EDR 0001454164 Thomas John T 999 SOUTH SHADY GROVE ROAD, SUITE 600 MEMPHIS TN 38120 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 210 D /s/Lindsey Mackie, Attorney-in-Fact for John T Thomas 2016-10-03 EX-24 2 thomassection16poa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY - THOMAS Exhibit


POWER OF ATTORNEY

    Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Liz Keough, Lindsey Mackie, J. Drew Koester, Justin R. Salon and R. John Hensley, and with full power of substitution, as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)    execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Education Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;

(2)    do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)    take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of any such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in any such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

    The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact, or each such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

    This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.









IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of September 28, 2016.


/s/ John T. Thomas____
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John T. Thomas_______
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