================================================================================ ================================================================================ SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ----------------- Form 10-K/A -------------- ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 Commission file number: 000-29778 ---------------- Merry Land Properties, Inc. P.O. Box 1417 Augusta, Georgia 30903 706-722-6756 State of Incorporation:Georgia I.R.S. Employer Identification Number: 58-2412761 Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Name of Each Exchange Title of Each Class on Which Registered - ------------------- ------------------- None None Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, $1 stated value (Title of Class) Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve months, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety days: Yes X No Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ___ The aggregate market value of the voting and nonvoting common equity held by non affiliates of the registrant on March 5, 2001: Common Stock, $1 stated value--$10,277,354 (all shares other than those owned or controlled by officers, directors, and 5% stockholders). The number of shares of common stock outstanding as of March 5, 2001 was 2,712,966. Documents incorporated by reference: The 2001 definitive proxy statement mailed to stockholders for the annual meeting scheduled for April 19, 2001 is incorporated by reference into Part III of this form 10-K. ================================================================================ We are filing this amendment to our Annual Report on Form 10-K to add the consent of independent public accountants as exhibit 23. In the previous filing, the consent was excluded. PART IV Item 14. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules, and Reports on Form 8-K. 3. EXHIBITS Add: (23) Consent of Independent Public Accountant Signatures Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, MERRY LAND PROPERTIES, INC. (Registrant) /s/ W. TENNENT HOUSTON April 3, 2001 - ---------------------- --------------- W. Tennent Houston Date Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Signature Title Date - --------- ----- ---- /s/DAVID W. COBB Director April 3, 2001 - ------------------------ David W. Cobb /s/ /DORRIE E. GREEN Vice President, Chief Financial April 3, 2001 - ------------------------ Officer, Secretary and Treasurer Dorrie E. Green /s/ W. TENNENT HOUSTON Chairman of the Board and April 3, 2001 - ------------------------ Chief Executive Officer W. Tennent Houston /s/ JEFFERSON B. A. KNOX Director April 3, 2001 - ------------------------ Jefferson B. A. Knox /s/STEWART R. SPEED Director April 3, 2001 - ------------------------ Stewart R. Speed /s/ MICHAEL N. THOMPSON President, Chief Operating April 3, 2001 - ------------------------ Officer and Director Michael N. Thompson