0000752642-12-000030.txt : 20121227 0000752642-12-000030.hdr.sgml : 20121227 20121227142417 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000752642-12-000030 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20121227 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20121227 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20121227 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: 121287188 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_10communities12272012.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):  December 27, 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 December 27, 2012, the Company issued a press release announcing the acquisition of ten manufactured home communities, five located in Indiana, four in Pennsylvania and one located in Michigan, for a purchase price of $67.5 million.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(c)  Exhibits.


99

Press Release dated December 27, 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:  December 27, 2012

By:      /s/ Anna T. Chew

Name:

Anna T. Chew

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




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 EX-99 2 umhannouncesnewacquisitionco.htm EXHIBITS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE










FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 27, 2012


Contact:  Susan M. Jordan

                 732/577-9997




UMH PROPERTIES, INC. CONTRACTS TO

ACQUIRE 10 MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES



FREEHOLD, NJ    December 27, 2012……..UMH Properties, Inc. (NYSE:UMH) announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire 10 manufactured home communities for approximately $67.5 million. These 10 all-age communities total 1,855 sites situated on 300 acres. There are five communities located in Indiana, four communities located in Pennsylvania, and one community located in Michigan. The average occupancy for these communities is approximately 83%.


The transaction is expected to be completed during the first quarter of 2013.  This acquisition is subject to due diligence and other customary closing conditions and therefore there can be no assurance that this acquisition will take place in the first quarter of 2013 or at all.


UMH Properties, Inc., a publicly-owned real estate investment trust currently owns and operates fifty-seven manufactured home communities with approximately 10,600 total home sites 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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