8-K

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):  June 22, 2018

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	1-12494	62-1545718
Delaware	333-182515-01	62-1542285
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(Commission File  Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2030 Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 500, Chattanooga, TN 37421
(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)
423.855.0001
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c)    Effective June 22, 2018, the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (herein the “Company” or “CBL”) approved the appointment of Michael I. Lebovitz as President of the Company. Stephen D. Lebovitz, who served as Chief Executive Officer and President prior to the promotion of Michael I. Lebovitz to the position of President, will continue to serve as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.

Additional information concerning Michael I. Lebovitz is incorporated herein by reference from those sections entitled “Election of Directors – Additional Executive Officers” and “Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions” in the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, filed with the SEC on March 29, 2018.

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Also on June 22, 2018, effective immediately and in conjunction with the separation of the positions of Chief Executive Officer and President as described above, the Board of Directors approved amendments to Sections 2.2, 3.4, 4.4 and 4.5 of the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”), to clarify the roles of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and its President in relation to the calling of Special Meetings and the general administration of the Company’s business and affairs, when those positions are held by two separate individuals.

The foregoing description of these amendments to the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the amendments, filed as an exhibit to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)    Exhibits

Exhibit Number	Description
3.3	Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc., Effective June 22, 2018.

SIGNATURES

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.

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

Farzana Khaleel

Executive Vice President – Chief

Financial Officer and Treasurer

CBL & ASSOCIATES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By: CBL HOLDINGS I, INC., its general partner

/s/ Farzana Khaleel

Farzana Khaleel

Executive Vice President – Chief

Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: June 28, 2018

EX-3.3

Exhibit 3.3

AMENDMENT

TO THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

Effective June 22, 2018

Section 2.2 of the Bylaws is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following Section 2.2 is inserted in lieu thereof:

Section 2.2. Special Meeting. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of preferred stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Corporation (the “Preferred Stock”) to elect additional directors under specified circumstances, if any, special meetings of the stockholders may be called by the Chairman of the Board or by the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the total number of directors which the Corporation would have if there were no vacancies (the “Whole Board”) and shall be called by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President at the request of the holders of 25% of the outstanding shares of the Corporation entitled to vote.

Section 3.4 of the Bylaws is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following Section 3.4 is inserted in lieu thereof:

Section 3.4. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called at the request of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or a majority of the Board of Directors or a majority of the Independent Directors (as defined in Section 3.9). The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place and time of the meetings.

Section 4.4 of the Bylaws is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following Section 4.4 is inserted in lieu thereof:

Section 4.4. President. The President shall act in a general executive capacity and shall assist the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer in the administration and operation of the corporation’s business and general supervision of its policies and affairs. In the absence of or because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President shall perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The President may sign, alone or with the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary or any other proper officer of the corporation authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates, contracts and other instruments of the Corporation as authorized by the Board of Directors.

Section 4.5 of the Bylaws is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following Section 4.5 is inserted in lieu thereof:

Section 4.5. Chief Executive Officer. The Board of Directors may designate a Chief Executive Officer from among the elected officers. In the absence of such designation, the Chairman of the Board shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. The Chief Executive Officer shall, in the absence of or because of the inability to act of the Chairman of the Board, perform all duties of the Chairman of the Board and preside at all meetings of stockholders and of the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general responsibility for implementation of the policies of the Corporation, as determined by the Board of Directors. The Chief Executive Officer may sign, alone or with the Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary or any other proper officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board of Directors, certificates, contracts and other instruments of the corporation as authorized by the Board of Directors.