Form 8-K · Current report
Vivmark Residential 8-K, filed Jul 31, 2026
- Filed
- CIK
- 0000906107
- Accession no.
- 0001193125-26-328612
Summary
Equity Residential and ERP Operating Partnership filed a Form 8-K providing unaudited pro forma financial statements for their previously announced merger with AvalonBay Communities, in which AvalonBay will merge into a wholly owned subsidiary of Equity Residential and ERP Operating Partnership will survive as the resulting entity. Legacy AvalonBay stockholders are expected to own approximately 51% and legacy Equity Residential shareholders approximately 49% of the combined company, and the transaction is treated as a reverse acquisition with AvalonBay as the accounting acquirer.
Key points
- The merger agreement was entered into on May 20, 2026 by AvalonBay Communities, Equity Residential, ERP Operating Partnership and Canopy Merger Sub LLC, a wholly owned Equity Residential subsidiary.
- AvalonBay will first contribute certain assets for partnership units in ERP Operating Partnership, then merge into Merger Sub, which will immediately merge into ERP Operating Partnership.
- Under the reverse-acquisition treatment, AvalonBay's historical balances are presented and Equity Residential's assets and liabilities are recorded at estimated fair value.
- The filing includes the unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements as Exhibit 99.1, audited and unaudited AvalonBay financial statements as Exhibits 99.2–99.4, and Ernst & Young LLP's consent as Exhibit 23.1.
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Items reported
- 8.01Other Events
- 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits
From the filing
Item 8.01. Other Events. As previously announced, on May 20, 2026, Equity Residential, a Maryland real estate investment trust (“Equity Residential”), and ERP Operating Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership (the “ERP Operating Partnership”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“AvalonBay”), Equity Residential, ERP Operating Partnership and Canopy Merger Sub LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Equity Residential (“Merger Sub”). …
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