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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 22, 2009

                    

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

                    

                

                    

Commission File Number 1-12486

                    

Ohio

34-1747603

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

Identification Number)

              

                   

1 AEC PARKWAY, RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OHIO  44143-1467

(Address of principal executive offices)

                   

(216) 261-5000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

                               

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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ITEM 1.01   Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On December 22, 2009, Associated Estates Realty Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Master Financing Agreement for a $100 million secured credit facility (“Facility") with Wells Fargo Multifamily Capital for repurchase by Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“Freddie Mac”).  The Facility commitment is for a period of two years and the obligations under the Facility will be secured by nonrecourse, non cross-collateralized fixed or variable rate mortgages having terms of five, seven or ten years.  Individual mortgages will be spot-priced as they come into the Facility and among other matters must satisfy Freddie Mac's internal underwriting standards.

 

ITEM 2.03   Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The contents of Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K are incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference.

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

 

ASSOCIATED ESTATES REALTY CORPORATION

         

 

                    

             

 

                      

                 

 

                   

December 29, 2009

 

/s/ Lou Fatica

(Date)

 

Lou Fatica, Vice President

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

                         

 

                    

                     

 

                    




 

 

 

 

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