<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001209191-15-071400.txt : 20150918
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20150918160939
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001209191-15-071400
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150917
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150918
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150918

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001466085
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				264567130
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CIRA CENTRE
		STREET 2:		2929 ARCH ST. 17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19104
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2152439000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CIRA CENTRE
		STREET 2:		2929 ARCH ST. 17TH FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19104

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20110211

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EMPIRE AMERICAN REALTY TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090610

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			PRIDGEN MACK D III
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001249396

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36041
		FILM NUMBER:		151115558
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Received in exchange for 86,994 shares of common stock of Trade Street Residential, Inc. (&quot;TSRE&quot;) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the &quot;Merger Agreement&quot;), dated as of May 11, 2015, by and among Independence Realty Trust, Inc. (&quot;IRT&quot;), Independence Realty Operating Partnership, LP, Adventure Merger Sub LLC, IRT Limited Partner, LLC, TSRE, and Trade Street Operating Partnership, LP.  Upon the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, each share of TSRE common stock was converted into the right to receive (i) 0.4108 shares of IRT common stock and (ii) $3.80 in cash.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Anders F. Laren, attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2015-09-18</signatureDate>
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