Edgar Filing: RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC.

RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC.

/s/ Steven P. Grimes

Steven P. Grimes

Date: December 18, 2015

President and Chief Executive Officer

Form 8-K

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 16, 2015

Retail Properties of America, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-35481

42-1579325

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


2021 Spring Road, Suite 200, Oak Brook, Illinois		60523
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) (630) 634-4200

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

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On December 16, 2015, Dennis K. Holland, the Company’s Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, notified Retail Properties of America, Inc. (the “Company”) that he will be retiring on June 30, 2016.

“Dennis has been a valued member of our executive team and has showcased the utmost professionalism and dedication to the Company since he joined in 2007. He has been a true sounding board for the executive management team and his contributions to our success will truly be missed. We wish him the best in his retirement,” said Steven P. Grimes, the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.

The Company has commenced a process to identify Mr. Holland’s successor.

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.