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): June 1, 2023
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Cottonwood Communities, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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| Maryland | 000-56165 | 61-1805524 | ||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission file number) | (IRS employer identification number) | ||||||
1245 Brickyard Road, Suite 250
Salt Lake City, Utah 84106
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(801) 278-0700
(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 Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||
| None | N/A | N/A | ||||||
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). ☒
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 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.
Preferred Offering
On December 13, 2022, Cottonwood Communities, Inc. (the "Company") launched a best-efforts private placement offering exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 506(b) of Regulation D of the Securities Act pursuant to which it is offering a maximum of $100,000,000 in shares of its Series 2023 Preferred Stock to accredited investors (the "Private Offering") at a purchase price of $10.00 per share (with discounts available to certain categories of purchasers). The exemption is available to the Company because the shares are being offered and sold solely to accredited investors without the use of general solicitation.
During the period from May 15, 2023 through June 6, 2023, the Company issued and sold 324,077 shares of its Series 2023 Preferred Stock in the Private Offering and received aggregate proceeds of $3,228,000. In connection with the sale of these shares in the Private Offering, the Company paid aggregate selling commissions of $181,680 and placement fees of $94,740. As of June 6, 2023, there were 5,000,145 shares of the Company’s Series 2023 Preferred Stock outstanding.
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.
| COTTONWOOD COMMUNITIES, INC. | ||||||||
| By: | /s/ Enzio Cassinis | |||||||
| Name: | Enzio Cassinis | |||||||
| Title: | President | |||||||
Date: June 7, 2023