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 5, 2014
| AMREP CORPORATION |
| (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Oklahoma | 1-4702 | 59-0936128 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of | (Commission File | (IRS Employer |
| incorporation) | Number) | Identification No.) |
| 300 Alexander Park, Suite 204, Princeton, New Jersey | 08540 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (609) 716-8200
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address, 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.
AMREP Corporation (the “Company”) is a holding company which does substantially all of its business through three indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (and their subsidiaries). These indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries are Palm Coast Data LLC, Kable Media Services, Inc. and AMREP Southwest Inc. The Company has no chief executive officer. Theodore J. Gaasche, in his capacity as Vice Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, currently has oversight responsibility for the operations of AMREP Southwest Inc. and performs the function of principal executive officer of the Company with respect to the real estate business operated by AMREP Southwest Inc.
On December 5, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company determined that Christopher V. Vitale, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of the Company, will have oversight responsibility for the operations of AMREP Southwest Inc. and will perform the function of principal executive officer of the Company with respect to the real estate business operated by AMREP Southwest Inc. effective as of December 16, 2014.
Mr. Vitale, age 38, has been Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel of the Company since September 2014. From March 2013 to September 2014, Mr. Vitale had been Vice President and General Counsel of the Company. From April 2012 to March 2013, he was Vice President, Legal at Franklin Square Holdings, L.P. and from August 2011 to March 2012, he was Assistant Vice President, Legal at Franklin Square Holdings, L.P., a national sponsor and distributor of investment products, where he was responsible for securities matters, corporate governance and general corporate matters. From March 2011 to July 2011, Mr. Vitale was the Chief Administrative Officer at WorldGate Communications, Inc. (“WorldGate”), and from April 2009 to July 2011 he was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary at WorldGate, a provider of digital voice and video phone services and video phones. In 2012, WorldGate filed a voluntary petition for relief under Chapter 7 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Prior to joining WorldGate, Mr. Vitale was an attorney with the law firms of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.
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.
| AMREP Corporation | ||
| Date: December 11, 2014 | By: | /s/ Christopher V. Vitale |
| Name: Christopher V. Vitale | ||
| Title: Executive Vice President | ||