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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): Commission File Number:
August 31, 2000 0-20707
COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 63-1098468
(State or other jurisdiction (IRS Employer
of incorporation) Identification Number)
2101 Sixth Avenue North
Suite 750
Birmingham, Alabama 35202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(205) 250-8700
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Not applicable
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COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Item 5 - Other Events
Attached as Exhibits to this form are the documents listed below:
Exhibit Document
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A Form of Distribution Agreement by and among
Colonial Realty Limited Partnership, Merrill Lynch
& Co., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated, Banc One Capital Markets, Inc.,
Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Goldman Sachs & Co., PNC
Capital Markets, Inc., Salomon Smith Barney Inc.,
Wachovia Securities, Inc., with the attached
Administrative Procedures.
B Form of Officers' Certificate evidencing the terms
of the Fixed Rate Notes and the Floating Rate
Notes to be provided to Bankers Trust Company (the
"Trustee") pursuant to Section 301 of the
Indenture dated July 22, 1996 between Colonial
Realty Limited Partnership and Bankers Trust
Company, as supplemented by the First Supplemental
Indenture, dated as of December 31, 1998 (the
"Indenture"), with the attached Forms of Note.
C Consolidated and Combined Calculation of Ratio of
Earnings to Fixed Charges for the six months ended
June 30, 2000 and the years ended December 31,
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995 for Colonial
Realty Limited Partnership and Predecessor
Business (amending and superseding Exhibit 12 to
Registration Statement No. 333-37922).
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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.
COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP
By: Colonial Properties Trust
its general partner
Date: August 31, 2000 By: /s/ Howard B. Nelson, Jr.
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Howard B. Nelson, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX
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A Form of Distribution Agreement by and
among Colonial Realty Limited
Partnership, Merrill Lynch & Co.,
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & smith
Incorporated, Banc One Capital Markets,
Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Goldman
Sachs & Co., PNC Capital Markets, Inc.,
Salomon Smith Barney Inc., Wachovia
Securities, Inc., with the attached
Administrative Procedures.
B Form of Officers' Certificate
evidencing the terms of the Fixed
Rate Notes and the Floating Rate
Notes to be provided to Bankers
Trust Company (the "Trustee") pursuant
to Section 301 of the Indenture
dated July 22, 1996 between
Colonial Realty Limited Partnership
and Bankers Trust Company, as supplemented by
the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of
December 31, 1998 (the "Indenture"), with the
attached forms of Note.
C Consolidated and Combined Calculation
of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
for the six months ended June 30,
2000 and the years ended December 31,
1999, 1998, 1997, 1996 and 1995 for Colonial
Realty Limited Partnership and Predecessor
Business (amending and superseding Exhibit
12 to Registration Statement No. 333-37922).
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