UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of
1934
November 19, 2010
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
General Growth Properties, Inc. (f/k/a New GGP, Inc.)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware |
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1-34948 |
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27-2963337 |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
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(Commission |
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(IRS Employer |
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of incorporation) |
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Identification No.) |
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110 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois |
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60606 |
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(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(312) 960-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01. Other Events
On November 15, 2010, General Growth Properties, Inc., formerly New GGP, Inc. (“GGP”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Goldman, Sachs & Co. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), pursuant to which GGP agreed to issue and sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agreed to purchase for resale to the public, 135,000,000 shares of common stock of GGP, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”). In addition, GGP granted a 30-day option to the Underwriters to purchase additional shares to cover overallotments, pursuant to which the Underwriters may purchase up to an additional 20,250,000 shares of Common Stock.
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.
On November 19, 2009 GGP closed its offering of Common Stock and received net proceeds of approximately $1.99 billion. GGP’s agreements with Fairholme Funds, Inc., Pershing Square Capital Management and Teacher Retirement System of Texas provided for the repurchase of up to $2.15 billion of the $6.8 billion in equity commitments, funded on November 9, 2010 as part of GGP’s predecessor’s plan of reorganization, on more favorable terms through a clawback provision. GGP used the proceeds of the offering to fund this clawback on November 19, 2010. Proceeds in excess of the amount needed to fund the clawback will be used for general corporate purposes.
Item 9.01. Financial Statement and Exhibits.
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Underwriting Agreement, dated November 15, 2010, among General Growth Properties, Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein |
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.
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GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC. |
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/s/ Edmund Hoyt |
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Edmund Hoyt |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer |
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Date: November 19, 2010 |
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