Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(c) At a meeting held on September 10, 2012, the Board of Directors of CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (the "Company") approved the promotion of Farzana K. Mitchell to the positions of Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, effective immediately. Ms. Mitchell joined CBL in September 2000 as Senior Vice President - Finance and was promoted to Executive Vice President - Finance in January 2010 in recognition of her leadership position within the Company. Additional information concerning Ms. Mitchell is incorporated herein by reference from those sections of the Company's Proxy Statement for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders entitled "Directors and Executive Officers" and "Certain Relationships and Related Person Transactions." To provide continuity, the Company's current Vice Chairman of the Board, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, John N. Foy, will continue to serve on in the near term as executive Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Board's Executive Committee.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

In conjunction with the promotion of Farzana K. Mitchell to the positions of Executive Vice President - Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company, the Board of Directors also determined that Jeffery V. Curry, Chief Legal Officer of the Company, will assume the role of Secretary of the Company, effective immediately. The Board also approved, effective immediately, the promotion of Katie A. Reinsmidt, current Vice President - Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, to the new position of Senior Vice President - Investor Relations and Corporate Investments.

The Company's press release announcing these executive promotions is furnished as an exhibit to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits Exhibit Number Description 99.1 Press Release - CBL Announces Farzana Mitchell Appointed Chief Financial Officer

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