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): December 2, 2024
AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT
AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| American Homes 4 Rent | Maryland | 001-36013 | 46-1229660 |
| American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. | Delaware | 333-221878-02 | 80-0860173 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
280 Pilot Road
Las Vegas, Nevada 89119
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(805) 413-5300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading symbols | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
| Class A common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value | AMH | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Series G perpetual preferred shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value | AMH-G | New York Stock Exchange | ||
| Series H perpetual preferred shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value | AMH-H | 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. ¨
| Entity Central Index Key | 0001716558 |
Item 8.01. Other Events.
On December 2, 2024, American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership of American Homes 4 Rent (the “Company”), entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which the Operating Partnership agreed to issue and sell $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2035 (the “Notes”). The Notes will be issued at 99.484% of par value with a coupon of 5.250% per annum. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing March 15, 2025. The Notes will mature on March 15, 2035. The Operating Partnership estimates that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Operating Partnership, will be approximately $492.7 million. The offering is expected to close on December 9, 2024 subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The offering was made pursuant to an automatic shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2023 (File Nos. 333-272547 and 333-272547-01), a base prospectus, dated June 9, 2023, and prospectus supplement, dated December 2, 2024, filed by the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the repayment of outstanding indebtedness, which may include repayment of amounts outstanding on its revolving credit facility, repayment or voluntary prepayment of all or a portion of its outstanding 2015-SFR1 asset-backed securitization notes, as well as general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, property acquisitions and developments, the expansion, redevelopment and/or improvement of existing properties in the Company’s portfolio, other capital expenditures, working capital and other general purposes.
The Operating Partnership made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants concerning the Company, the Operating Partnership and the registration statement in the Underwriting Agreement and also agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.
A copy of the Underwriting Agreement is attached to this report as Exhibit 1.1 and incorporated herein by reference. The summary set forth above is qualified in its entirety by reference to Exhibit 1.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
| Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated December 2, 2024, by and among American Homes 4 Rent, L.P. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as representatives of the several Underwriters named therein. | |
| 5.1 | Opinion of Hogan Lovells US LLP regarding the legality of the Notes. | |
| 23.1 | Consent of Hogan Lovells US LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). | |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL documents). | |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Date: December 3, 2024 | AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT | |
| By: | /s/ Sara H. Vogt-Lowell | |
| Sara H. Vogt-Lowell | ||
| Chief Legal Officer | ||
| Date: December 3, 2024 | AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT, L.P. | |
| By: | American Homes 4 Rent, its General Partner | |
| By: | /s/ Sara H. Vogt-Lowell | |
| Sara H. Vogt-Lowell | ||
| Chief Legal Officer |