0000898286-14-000013.txt : 20140214 0000898286-14-000013.hdr.sgml : 20140214 20140214153317 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000898286-14-000013 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140214 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140214 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001481832 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 271712193 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-86178 FILM NUMBER: 14615792 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3625 CUMBERLAND BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30339 BUSINESS PHONE: 770 818 4100 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3625 CUMBERLAND BOULEVARD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30339 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CAISSE DE DEPOT ET PLACEMENT DU QUEBEC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000898286 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 PLACE JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H2Z2B3 BUSINESS PHONE: 514 847-2353 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1000 PLACE JEAN-PAUL RIOPELLE CITY: MONTREAL STATE: A8 ZIP: H2Z2B3 SC 13G/A 1 preferredsc13ga.htm preferredsc13ga.htm
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13G/A
 
 

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
(Name of issuer)

Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)

74039L103
(CUSIP Number)

Soulef Hadjoudj
1000 place Jean-Paul-Riopelle, Montreal (Quebec), H2Z 2B3
Tel.: (514) 847-5998
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

December 31, 2013
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

[ ]           Rule 13d-1(b)
[X]           Rule 13d-1(c)
[ ]           Rule 13d-1(d)

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).


1  
Name of Reporting Persons
 
I.R.S. Identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
 
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec.
 
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2  
Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
 
(a) [     ]
 
(b) [     ]
 
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3  
SEC USE ONLY
 
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4  
Citizenship or Place of Organization
 
Montreal (Quebec) Canada
 
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5  
Sole Voting Power
 
-0-
 
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6  
Shared Voting Power
 
52,788
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7  
Sole Dispositive Power
 
-0-
 
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8  
Shared Dispositive Power
 
52,788
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9  
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
 
52,788
 
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10  
Check if the Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
 
(See Instructions) [      ]
 
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11  
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
 
0.4 %.
 
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12  
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
 
OO
 
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1  
Name of Reporting Persons
 
I.R.S. Identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
 
Cadim Inc.
 
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2  
Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
 
(a) [     ]
 
(b) [     ]
 
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3  
SEC USE ONLY
 
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4  
Citizenship or Place of Organization
 
Montreal (Quebec) Canada
 
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5  
Sole Voting Power
 
-0-
 
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6  
Shared Voting Power
 
-0-
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7  
Sole Dispositive Power
 
-0-
 
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8  
Shared Dispositive Power
 
-0-
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9  
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
 
-0-
 
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10  
Check if the Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
 
(See Instructions) [      ]
 
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11  
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
 
0.0%
 
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12  
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
 
CO
 
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1.  
Name Of Reporting Persons
 
I.R.S. Identification nos. of above persons (entities only)
 
Cadim Holdings U.S. Inc.
 
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2.  
Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group (See Instructions)
 
(a) [     ]
 
(b) [     ]
 
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3.  
SEC USE ONLY
 
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4.  
Citizenship or Place of Organization
 
Delaware, United States
 
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5.  
Sole Voting Power
 
-0-
 
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6.  
Shared Voting Power
 
52,788
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7.  
Sole Dispositive Power
 
-0-
8.  
Shared Dispositive Power
 
52,788
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9.  
Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
 
52,788
 
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10.  
Check if the Aggregate Amount In Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
 
(See Instructions) [      ]
 
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11.  
Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
 
0.4 %
 
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12.  
Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)
 
CO
 
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Item 1

(a)  
Name of Issuer:  
      Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. a Maryland corporation (“Issuer”)


(b)  
Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
The principal executive offices of Issuer are located at 3625 Cumberland Boulevard, Suite 400, Atlanta, Georgia 30339.

Item 2

(a)  
This statement (the “Statement”) is being filed by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (“CDPQ”), the ultimate beneficial owner and indirect parent of Cadim Holdings U.S. Inc. (“Cadim”). Cadim is owned directly or indirectly by Cadim Inc. and CDPQ (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Filers”).

 
The Filers have entered into a Joint Filing Agreement, dated February 14, 2014, a copy of hich is filed as Exhibit 1 to this Schedule 13G, pursuant to which such reportingpersons have agreed to file this Statement jointly in accordance with the provisions of 13d-1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 
(b)  
The principal business office of each of the Filers is:
 
       Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
      1000, Place Jean-Paul Riopelle, Montréal,
                   Québec, H2Z 2B3, Canada
      
       Cadim Inc.
                    1001, rue du Square Victoria, Montréal,
       Québec, H2Z 2B5, Canada

       Cadim Holdings U.S. Inc.
        c/o The Corporation Trust
      1209 Orange Street, Wilmington,
Delaware, 19801, United States
                 
(c)  
Citizenship:

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Québec, Canada
Cadim Inc., Québec, Canada
Cadim Holdings U.S. Inc., Delaware, United States

(d)  
Title of class of securities:   Common Stock

(e)  
CUSIP No.: 74039L103

Item 3

Not applicable.

Item 4 - Ownership

 
(a)  
Amount Beneficially Owned:

                  See row 9 to the cover page of each Reporting Person.

See explanations under Item 2 of this Statement.

(b)  
Percent of Class:

                  See row 11 to the cover page of each Reporting Person.

(c)  
Number of shares as to which the Reporting Person has:

(i) sole power to vote or direct the vote:

 
See row 5 to the cover page of each Reporting Person.

(ii) shared power to vote or direct the vote


 
See row 6 to the cover page of each Reporting Person.

(iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition


 
See row 7 to the cover page of each Reporting Person.

(iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition:


 
See row 8 to the cover page of each Reporting Person.

Item 5 - Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class

If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of  the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following [X].

Item 6 - Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person

Not applicable.

Item 7 - Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired The Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company

Not applicable.

Item 8 - Identification and Classification of Members of the Group

Not applicable.


Item 9 - Notice of Dissolution of Group

Not applicable.

Item 10 - Certification

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

Signature

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the signatory's knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: February 14, 2014

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

/s/Soulef Hadjoudj

Name: Soulef Hadjoudj
Title: Legal Counsel

Cadim Inc.

 
/s/Lorna Telfer
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Name: Lorna Telfer
Title:   Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary

Cadim Holdings U.S. Inc

/s/Lorna Telfer
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Name: Lorna Telfer
Title:   Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary


EXHIBIT 1

JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

Pursuant to Rule 13d−1(k)(1) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the undersigned hereby agree that only one statement containing the information required by Schedule 13G (or any amendment thereof) need be filed on their behalf with respect to the beneficial ownership of any equity securities of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. or any subsequent acquisitions or dispositions of equity securities of Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. by any of the undersigned and the Schedule 13G (and any amendment thereto) to which this Agreement is an exhibit is filed on behalf of each of the undersigned.

Signature

Dated: February 14, 2014

Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

/s/Soulef Hadjoudj

Name: Soulef Hadjoudj
Title: Legal Counsel

Cadim Inc.

 
/s/Lorna Telfer
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Name: Lorna Telfer
Title:   Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary

Cadim Holdings U.S. Inc

/s/Lorna Telfer
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Name: Lorna Telfer
Title:    Executive Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary