UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 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):  September 15, 2006

 

GMH COMMUNITIES TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

001-32290

 

201181390

(State or other jurisdiction of

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification Number)

 

10 Campus Boulevard

Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(610) 355-8000
(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 (see General Instruction A.2 below):

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Item 1.01.             Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 15, 2006, the Board of Trustees of GMH Communities Trust (the “Company”), upon recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Company’s management, approved an aggregate one-time payment of $150,000 to the members of the Audit Committee in recognition of their additional work in performing the Company’s special investigation initiated during the first quarter of 2006. These additional Committee fees are payable as follows: Steven J. Kessler (Chairman) - $67,500; Richard A. Silfen - $52,500; and RADM James W. Eastwood (Ret) - $30,000.




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.

Dated:  September 21, 2006

 

 

GMH COMMUNITIES TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph M. Macchione

 

 

Name:

 

Joseph M. Macchione

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and
 Secretary