0000752642-12-000018.txt : 20120802 0000752642-12-000018.hdr.sgml : 20120802 20120802112312 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000752642-12-000018 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120802 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20120802 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120802 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: UMH PROPERTIES, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000752642 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 221890929 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12690 FILM NUMBER: 121002332 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3499 ROUTE 9 N, SUITE 3-C STREET 2: JUNIPER BUSINESS PLAZA CITY: FREEHOLD STATE: NJ ZIP: 07728 BUSINESS PHONE: 7325779997 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3499 ROUTE 9 N, SUITE 3-C STREET 2: JUNIPER BUSINESS PLAZA CITY: FREEHOLD STATE: NJ ZIP: 07728 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: UNITED MOBILE HOMES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 umh8k_11communities822012.htm FORM 8-K UNITED STATES

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934



Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  August 2, 2012

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UMH Properties, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Maryland    001-12690       22-1890929

(State or other jurisdiction  (Commission    (IRS Employer

of incorporation)   File Number)    Identification No.)


Juniper Business Plaza, 3499 Route 9 North, Suite 3-C, Freehold, NJ    07728

(Address of principal executive offices)                    (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 577-9997


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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):


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Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.


On August 2, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of eleven manufactured home communities, ten located in Pennsylvania and one located in New York, for a purchase price of $28,250,000.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(c)  Exhibits.


99

Press Release dated August 2, 2012



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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.




UMH Properties, Inc.

 



Date:  August 2, 2012

By:      /s/ Anna T. Chew

Name:

Anna T. Chew

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 2, 2012

 

Contact:  Susan Jordan

 

                  732-577-9996

     


UMH PROPERTIES, INC. ACQUIRES 11 MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES


Freehold, New Jersey……August 2, 2012……..UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) announced that, on August 1, 2012, it closed on the acquisition of 11 manufactured home communities, ten located in Pennsylvania and one located in New York.  The total purchase price was $28,250,000.  With this closing, UMH owns 53 communities consisting of approximately 10,100 developed homesites.


These 11 all-age family communities total 968 sites situated on 200 acres.  The average occupancy for these communities is approximately 92%.


Samuel A. Landy, President, stated, “We are very pleased to announce the closing of this significant acquisition.  These communities are an excellent fit to our existing portfolio.  Pennsylvania is a state that has enjoyed a stable economy over the long term and is poised for above average growth in the future.”


UMH, a publicly-owned REIT, owns and operates fifty-three manufactured home communities with approximately 10,100 developed homesites located in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Tennessee and Indiana.  In addition, the Company owns a portfolio of REIT securities.


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