UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K/A

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Acadia Realty Trust

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Explanatory Note

On March 1, 2022, Acadia Realty Trust (the “Company” or “Acadia”) filed its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 (“the 2021 10-K”), which reflected the completion of the restatement of its financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and as of and for each of the quarterly periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, June 30, 2021 and 2020, September 30, 2021 and 2020, and December 31, 2020 (collectively, the “Prior Period Financial Statements”), as further described below (the “Restatement”). In connection with the completion of the Restatement, the Company identified and made additional immaterial previously unrecorded adjustments unrelated to the errors that gave rise to the Restatement, in conformity with standard practice. The Company is hereby amending its Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Original 8-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 15, 2022 in order to also disclose the impact of the Restatement inclusive of these additional immaterial adjustments, which are included in Item 4.02 below and in Exhibit 99.1 attached to this amendment to the Original 8-K (the “Amended 8-K”).

Item 4.02 Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed Interim Review.

(a) On February 14, 2022, the management and the audit committee of the board of trustees (the “Audit Committee”) of the Company, in consultation with BDO USA LLP (“BDO”), the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, determined that the Prior Period Financial Statements should no longer be relied upon due to an error in accounting treatment at the time of formation related to the improper consolidation of two investments that are less-than-wholly-owned through the Company's opportunity funds (the "Fund Investments"). These two Fund Investments, which were formed in 2012 and 2013, will be adjusted from consolidated investments to investments in unconsolidated affiliates. Management and the Audit Committee have determined that these accounting changes required a restatement of the Prior Period Financial Statements.

 

In connection with the Restatement, the Company and BDO identified the items described in more detail below. The Company has since reevaluated its accounting and corrected the previous accounting for such items. The Restatement:

Refer to Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto for applicable definition and reconciliations of the non-GAAP metrices above to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

The Company has restated the Prior Period Financial Statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021, which was filed with the SEC on March 1, 2022 (the "2021 10-K").

The 2021 10-K discloses a material weakness in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting due to the Restatement items discussed above. As such, BDO’s report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020 should no longer be relied upon. The changes that have been recorded did not result from any override of controls or misconduct, and BDO has not informed the Audit Committee of any issues related to an override of controls or misconduct.

Management and the Audit Committee have discussed with BDO the matters disclosed in this Item 4.02(a).

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

Set forth in Exhibit 99.1 is certain unaudited financial information as of and for the quarters and year-to-date periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, June 30, 2021 and 2020, September 31, 2021 and 2020 and December 31, 2020, and unaudited restated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020, restated and revised as further described under Item 4.02 and the Explanatory Note to this Amended 8-K.

The information included in this Item 7.01, including the information included in Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is intended to be “furnished” pursuant to Item 7.01, and is not deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of Sections 11 and 12(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.