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): September 25, 2006 (September 20, 2006)

Affordable Residential Communities Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

 

001-31987

 

84-1477939

(State or Other Jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of Incorporation)

 

 

 

Identification No.)

 

7887 E. Belleview Avenue, Suite 200, Englewood, CO  80111
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code:   303-383-7500

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.

On September 21, 2006, Affordable Residential Communities Inc. issued a press release announcing that its Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $0.515625 on each share of its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock and a cash dividend of $0.39 per unit on the Series C Preferred Operating Partnership Units of Affordable Residential Communities LP. The dividends are payable on October 30, 2006 to shareholders of record on October 13, 2006.

The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by this reference and all references and descriptions to the press release are qualified in their entirety by the terms of that release.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

Exhibit

 

 

Number

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Press release issued by the Company on September 21, 2006.




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.

 

Date: September 25, 2006

 

AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott L. Gesell

 

 

 

Scott L. Gesell

 

 

Executive Vice President