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 AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): February 4, 2009

 

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Delaware

 

1-12494

 

62-1545718

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

Suite 500, 2030 Hamilton Place Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37421

(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

(423) 855-0001

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

 

 

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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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.

 

(b)       On February 4, 2009, Martin J. Cleary, a director of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) since 2001, notified the Company of his decision not to stand for reelection when his current term expires at the Company’s 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Mr. Cleary also advised the Company that his decision to retire from the Board of Directors this year was made for personal reasons and was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.

 

 


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.

 

CBL & ASSOCIATES PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

/s/ John N. Foy

John N. Foy

Vice Chairman,

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

Date: February 10, 2009