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): May 10, 2018 (May 9, 2018)

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

Education Realty Operating Partnership, LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



Maryland	001-32417	20-1352180
Delaware	333-199988-01	20-1352332
(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)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the 2018 Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of Education Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) held on May 9, 2018 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s stockholders approved each of the proposals presented which are described in more detail in the Company’s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 29, 2018. Holders of 72,501,990 shares of the Company’s common stock were present in person or represented by proxy at the Annual Meeting.

The following are the voting results on each proposal presented to the Company’s stockholders at the Annual Meeting:

Proposal 1: To elect seven directors to serve until the 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualify.



Directors	Votes For	Votes Withheld	Broker Non-Votes
Randall L. Churchey	70,239,674	1,052,034	1,210,282
John V. Arabia	70,324,865	966,843	1,210,282
Kimberly K. Schaefer	70,519,035	772,673	1,210,282
Howard A. Silver	70,723,979	567,729	1,210,282
John T. Thomas	70,727,115	564,593	1,210,282
Thomas Trubiana	69,712,487	1,579,221	1,210,282
Wendell W. Weakley	69,982,084	1,309,624	1,210,282

Proposal 2: To ratify the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.



Votes For	Votes Against	Abstentions
71,809,884	682,953	9,153

Proposal 3: To approve, in an advisory (non-binding) vote, the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.



	EDUCATION REALTY TRUST, INC.

Date: May 10, 2018	By:	/s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
		Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


Date: May 10, 2018	EDUCATION REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP

	By: EDUCATION REALTY OP GP, INC., its general partner

		By: /s/ Edwin B. Brewer, Jr.
		Edwin B. Brewer, Jr. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Votes Against

Abstentions

Broker Non-Votes

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