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):

August 7, 2019



Steadfast Apartment REIT III, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland	000-55772	47-4871012
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

18100 Von Karman Avenue, Suite 500 Irvine, California 92612 (Address of principal executive offices)

(949) 852-0700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None



Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
N/A	N/A	N/A



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company x

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. x


Item 2.02	Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 13, 2019, Steadfast Apartment REIT III, Inc. (the “Company”) issued an earnings release announcing its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. A copy of the earnings release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information contained in this Item 2.02, including the related information set forth in the earnings release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein, is being “furnished” and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by the specific reference in such filing.


Item 8.01	Other Events.

Distribution Declaration

On August 7, 2019, the board of directors of the Company approved and authorized cash distributions to the holders of Class A common stock, Class R common stock and Class T common stock, such distributions to (1) accrue daily to the stockholders of record as of the close of business on each day during the period commencing on October 1, 2019, and ending on December 31, 2019; (2) be payable in cumulative amounts on or before the 3rd day of each calendar month with respect to the prior month; and (3) be calculated at a rate of $0.004110 per Class A share, per Class R share and per Class T share per day. The distributions for each record date in October 2019, November 2019 and December 2019 will be paid in November 2019, December 2019 and January 2020, respectively. The distributions will be payable to stockholders from legally available funds therefor.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.



Exhibit		Description

99.1		Earnings Release dated August 13, 2019

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.



			STEADFAST APARTMENT REIT III, INC.

Date:	August 13, 2019	By:	/s/ Kevin J. Keating
			Kevin J. Keating
			Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Steadfast Apartment REIT III, Inc. 8-K