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): August 17, 2021


UMH Properties, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


 Maryland
 
 001-12690
 
 22-1890929
 (State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
 
 (Commission
File Number)
 
 (IRS Employer
Identification No.)
                 
Juniper Business Plaza, Suite 3-C
3499 Route 9 North
Freehold, New Jersey
  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.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 Title of each class   
 Trading Symbol(s)   
 Name of exchange on which registered
 Common Stock $.10 par value
  UMH
 New York Stock Exchange
 6.75% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $.10 par value
UMH PRC
  New York Stock Exchange
 6.375% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $.10 par value
 UMH PRD
 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 of this chapter). 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 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement

On August 17, 2021, UMH Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”) with BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, B. Riley Securities, Inc., Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, as distribution agents (the “Distribution Agents”) under which the Company may offer and sell shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate sales price of up to $100,000,000 from time to time through the Distribution Agents, as agents or principals. Sales of the shares of Common Stock under the Distribution Agreement, if any, will be in “at the market offerings” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including, without limitation, sales made directly on or through the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) or on any other existing trading market for the Common Stock, as applicable, or to or through a market maker or any other method permitted by law, including, without limitation, negotiated transactions and block trades. The Distribution Agents are not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of securities, but will use commercially reasonable efforts consistent with their normal trading and sales practices, on mutually agreed terms between the Distribution Agents and the Company. In connection with the offering of Common Stock under the Distribution Agreement, the Company has terminated the sale of Common Stock under its previous Equity Distribution Agreement, dated June 30, 2020.

The Company intends to use the net proceeds from sales of shares of Common Stock under the Distribution Agreement for general corporate purposes, which may include purchase of manufactured homes for sale or lease to customers, expansion of the Company’s existing communities, potential acquisitions of additional properties and possible repayment of indebtedness on a short-term basis, including amounts borrowed under the Company’s revolving credit facility.

The Distribution Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the Company and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Company has agreed to indemnify the Distribution Agents against certain specified liabilities. The Company will pay each Distribution Agent a commission at a mutually agreed rate of up to 2% of the gross sale proceeds from sales of shares of Common Stock under the Distribution Agreement. The offering of Common Stock pursuant to the Distribution Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of (i) the sale of all shares of Common Stock subject to the Distribution Agreement or (ii) the termination of the Distribution Agreement by the Distribution Agents or the Company in accordance with the terms of the Distribution Agreement.

The shares of Common Stock sold under the Distribution Agreement are being offered and sold pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-238321), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on May 15, 2020, and declared effective on June 1, 2020 (the “Registration Statement”), and will be sold and issued pursuant to the Company’s prospectus dated June 1, 2020 included in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus supplement, dated August 17, 2021 (the “Prospectus Supplement”). The Common Stock is described in the Company’s Registration Statement and the Prospectus Supplement.  The Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, under the symbol “UMH.”

The foregoing summary of the Distribution Agreement is only a brief description of certain terms therein, does not purport to be a complete description of the rights and obligations of the parties thereunder, and is qualified in its entirety by such agreement attached hereto.  A copy of the Distribution Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. In connection with the filing of the Distribution Agreement, the Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 the opinion of its counsel Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
(d)
Exhibits.
 
 
1.1
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated August 17, 2021 among UMH Properties, Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, B. Riley Securities, Inc., Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, as distribution agents.
 
 
5.1
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
 
 
23.1
Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
 
 

 
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Exhibit Index
 
 
Equity Distribution Agreement, dated August 17, 2021 among UMH Properties, Inc. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, B. Riley Securities, Inc., Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, and Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, as distribution agents.
 
 
Opinion of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP.
 
 
Consent of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
   
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Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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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.
 
Date: August 17, 2021
UMH PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
 
 
 
By:
 /s/ Anna T. Chew
 
 
Name:  Anna T. Chew
 
 
Title:    Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 


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