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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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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): April 19, 2018
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Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
001-34995
27-1712193
(State or other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
3284 Northside Parkway NW, Suite 150, Atlanta, Georgia
30327
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (770) 818-4100
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01    Other Events.

Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (the "Company") is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K to include the clarifying disclosure below as part of the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-211924) (the "Registration Statement"). The Registration Statement relates to the offering (the "Offering") of shares of the Company’s Series A Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and Warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The Offering is being made pursuant to a final prospectus, dated March 16, 2017, which forms a part of the Registration Statement, which was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 14, 2017. Preferred Capital Securities, LLC is the dealer manager for the Offering.
 
The following paragraph is hereby added to the Registration Statement as the last paragraph under the caption "PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION – Compensation of Dealer Manager and Participating Broker-Dealers" to clarify and detail the public offering price per Unit at sample selling commission levels.
 
Any reductions in selling commission and corresponding reductions in public offering price per Unit will be made consistent with the sample information in the table set forth below:

Selling Commission
 
Public Offering Price Per Unit
7.0%
 
$1000.00
6.5%
 
$995.00
6.0%
 
$990.00
5.5%
 
$985.00
5.0%
 
$980.00
4.5%
 
$975.00
4.0%
 
$970.00
3.5%
 
$965.00
3.0%
 
$960.00
2.5%
 
$955.00
2.0%
 
$950.00
1.5%
 
$945.00
1.0%
 
$940.00
0.5%
 
$935.00
0.0%
 
$930.00








SIGNATURE

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

 
PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
(Registrant)

Date: April 19, 2018
By:
 /s/ Jeffrey R. Sprain
 
 
Jeffrey R. Sprain
 
 
Executive Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary