---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-020495"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IRT"
cik: "0001466085"
company_name: "INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC."
filed_at: "2026-06-12T20:45:45+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-12T20:56:42.828614+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# IRT terminates $450M equity distribution agreement, files new shelf registration

## Summary
- Terminated Sales Agreement effective June 12, 2026, as prior shelf registration expired.
- Agreement allowed sale of up to $450M of common stock; no termination penalties incurred.
- Filed new automatic shelf registration (S-3ASR, No. 333-296751) same day to replace expiring one.
- New registration enables continued at-the-market equity issuances under updated shelf.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-020495
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IRT
- cik: 0001466085
- company_name: INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-06-12T20:45:45+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000143774926020495/0001437749-26-020495-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000143774926020495/irt20260612_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-020495
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-020495.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-020495.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC. terminated Equity Distribution Agreement with each of the Managers and Forward Purchasers party to the Sales Agreement valued at $450,000,000 (effective 2026-06-12).
  - Action: termination
  - Agreement: equity purchase
  - Counterparty: each of the Managers and Forward Purchasers party to the Sales Agreement
  - Value: $450,000,000
  - Effective: 2026-06-12
  source text: In connection with the expiration of the Prior Registration Statement, the Company and the Operating Partnership delivered written notice of its intention to terminate the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2023 (the “Sales Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Operating Partnership and each of the Managers and Forward Purchasers party to the Sales Agreement, relating to the Company’s offer and sale, from time to time, to or through the Managers as sales agents and/or principals or as forward sellers, as agents for the Forward Purchasers, shares of its common stock, $0.01 par value per share, up to an aggregate gross sales price of $450,000,000.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1466085/000143774926020495/0001437749-26-020495-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.