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): November 16, 2004 Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Maryland 1-11718 36-3857664 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer of incorporation) File Number) Identification No.) Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 800, Chicago, IL 60606 - ---------------------------------------------------- --------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (312) 279-1400 Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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 (see General Instruction A.2. below): [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
ITEM 5.03 AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OR BYLAWS; CHANGE IN FISCAL YEAR Effective November 16, 2004, we amended our Articles of Incorporation to change our name from "Manufactured Home Communities, Inc." to "Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc." The Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. are attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 1.1 and are incorporated by reference into this report. ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS. (c) Exhibits The following exhibit is being filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. Exhibit No. Description 1.1 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc., effective November 16, 2004
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. EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC. Date: November 22, 2004 By: /s/ Michael Berman ----------------------------------- Michael B. Berman Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit No. Description 1.1 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc., effective November 16, 2004
EXHIBIT 1.1 ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES, INC. The undersigned, in order to amend the Articles of Incorporation of Manufactured Home Communities, Inc. (the "Corporation"), hereby certifies: 1. That the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation are hereby amended so that Article II thereof shall read in its entirety as follows: "ARTICLE II NAME The name of the corporation (the "Corporation") is: Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc." 2. That said amendment was duly approved by a majority of the entire Board of Directors of the Corporation in accordance with the provisions of Section 2-605 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Maryland (the "GCL"). 3. That said amendment is limited to a change expressly authorized by Section 2-605 of the GCL to be made without action by the stockholders. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its President and attested to by its Secretary on this 15th day of November, 2004, and its President acknowledges, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, that these Articles of Amendment are the act and deed of the Corporation, and that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to authorization and approval are true in all material respects to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, under the penalties of perjury. ATTEST: MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITIES, INC. /s/ Ellen Kelleher By: /s/ Thomas P. Heneghan - ------------------------------ ----------------------------------------- Ellen Kelleher Thomas P. Heneghan Secretary President and Chief Executive Officer