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DC 20549</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="text-transform: uppercase"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></FONT><B>PURSUANT TO</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
August 14, 2012</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 100%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Education Realty Trust, Inc.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 26%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold">Maryland</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">001-32417</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 12%; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 26%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">20-1352180</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(State or Other Jurisdiction</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">of Incorporation)</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">Memphis, Tennessee</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 15%; vertical-align: top; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">38120</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Zip Code)</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">(Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code)</TD></TR>
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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 (<I>see </I>General Instruction A.2. below):</P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</FONT></P>

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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))</FONT></P>

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communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">On August 14, 2012, Education Realty Trust,
Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo; or &ldquo;EdR&rdquo;) and Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP (the &ldquo;Operating Partnership&rdquo;)
entered into an underwriting agreement (the &ldquo;Underwriting Agreement&rdquo;) with BofA Merrill Lynch, as representative of
the several underwriters named in Schedule I annexed thereto (the &ldquo;Underwriters&rdquo;). Pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a per
share purchase price to the public of $10.95. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day
option to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional shares of common stock, at the price to the public, less the underwriting discount.
The common stock was offered and sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated August 14, 2012, and a base prospectus, dated
November 2, 2011, relating to the Company&rsquo;s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-177422). A copy
of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A copy of the press release announcing the
pricing of the common stock offering is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.5in"><B>Item 9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">(d) <I>Exhibits</I>.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2012, by and between Education Realty Trust, Inc., Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP and BofA Merrill Lynch, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I annexed thereto.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Venable LLP regarding the legality of shares.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release dated August 14, 2012.</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">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.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="font-weight: bold"><B>EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 50%; text-align: justify">Date: August 14, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 46%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Randall H. Brown</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Randall H. Brown</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-style: italic">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-style: italic">Treasurer and Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INDEX TO EXHIBITS</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 85%; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; font-weight: bold">Description</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">1.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2012, by and between Education Realty Trust, Inc., Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP and BofA Merrill Lynch, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I annexed thereto.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">5.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Opinion of Venable LLP regarding the legality of shares.</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">23.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">99.1</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Press Release dated August 14, 2012.</TD></TR>
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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):
August 14, 2012
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland
001-32417
20-1352180
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File
Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
999 South Shady Grove Road, Suite 600
Memphis, Tennessee
38120
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
901-259-2500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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):
¨
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 14, 2012, Education Realty Trust,
Inc. (the "Company" or "EdR") and Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP (the "Operating Partnership")
entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with BofA Merrill Lynch, as representative of
the several underwriters named in Schedule I annexed thereto (the "Underwriters"). Pursuant to the terms and conditions
of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company agreed to sell 15,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a per
share purchase price to the public of $10.95. Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 30-day
option to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional shares of common stock, at the price to the public, less the underwriting discount.
The common stock was offered and sold pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated August 14, 2012, and a base prospectus, dated
November 2, 2011, relating to the Company's effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-177422). A copy
of the Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
A copy of the press release announcing the
pricing of the common stock offering is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits
.
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2012, by and between Education Realty Trust, Inc., Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP and BofA Merrill Lynch, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I annexed thereto.
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP regarding the legality of shares.
23.1
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1
Press Release dated August 14, 2012.
SIGNATURE
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.
EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.
Date: August 14, 2012
By:
/s/ Randall H. Brown
Randall H. Brown
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer and Secretary
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
Exhibit No.
Description
1.1
Underwriting Agreement, dated August 14, 2012, by and between Education Realty Trust, Inc., Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP and BofA Merrill Lynch, as representative of the several underwriters named in Schedule I annexed thereto.
5.1
Opinion of Venable LLP regarding the legality of shares.
23.1
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
99.1
Press Release dated August 14, 2012.