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

 


 

March 5, 2004

(Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported))

 

iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-15371

 

95-6881527

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

 

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 27th Floor
New York, New York

 

10036

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 930-9400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

 



 

ITEM 5.                  Other Events and Required FD Disclosure

 

On March 5, 2004, iStar Financial Inc. issued a press release announcing that it has agreed to sell $150 million of Senior Floating Rate Notes due 2007 to qualified institutional investors in a transaction complying with Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 144A.  The Notes will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to three-month LIBOR plus 1.25%.  That press release is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.

 

ITEM 7.                  Exhibits

 

99.1                           Press Release dated March 5, 2004.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:   March 5, 2004

By:

/s/ Jay Sugarman

 

 

 

Jay Sugarman

 

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

Exhibit Number

 

Description of Exhibit

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release dated March 5, 2004.

 

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