form_15.htm
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
15
CERTIFICATION
AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 12(G) OF THE SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTION 13 AND
15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission
File Number: 001-14369
American
Community Properties Trust
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
222
Smallwood Village Center
St.
Charles, Maryland 20602
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices, Including Zip Code)
Common
Shares of Beneficial Interest, par value $0.01 per share
(Title
of each class of securities covered by this Form)
None
(Titles
of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
under
Section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please
place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s)
relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
|
Rule
12g-4(a)(1)
|
[X]
|
Rule
12h-3(b)(1)(i)
|
[X]
|
|
Rule
12g-4(a)(2)
|
[ ]
|
Rule
12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
|
[ ]
|
|
|
|
Rule
15d-6
|
[ ]
|
Approximate
number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
1
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, American
Community Properties Trust has caused this certification/notice to be signed on
its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
Date:
December 31, 2009
AMERICAN
COMMUNITY PROPERTIES TRUST
By:
/s/
Matthew M. Martin
Name: Matthew
M. Martin
Title:
Chief Financial Officer