UNITED STATES

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

 

(Rule 13d-101)

 

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT

TO § 240.13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO

§ 240.13d-2(a)

 

(Amendment No. 13)*

 

Safety, Income & Growth Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

 

78649D104

(CUSIP Number)

 

Marcos Alvarado

iStar Inc.

1114 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10036

(212) 930-9400

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

 

January 2, 2019

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of §§240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box o.

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See §240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 


 

CUSIP No. 78649D104

 

 

1

Name of Reporting Person
iStar Inc.

 

 

2

Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group

 

 

(a)

 o

 

 

(b)

 x

 

 

3

SEC Use Only

 

 

4

Source of Funds
WC

 

 

5

Check Box if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings Is Required Pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e)  o

 

 

6

Citizenship or Place of Organization
Maryland

 

Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned by
Each
Reporting
Person With

7

Sole Voting Power
7,647,317

 

8

Shared Voting Power
0

 

9

Sole Dispositive Power
7,647,317

 

10

Shared Dispositive Power
0

 

 

11

Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
7,647,317

 

 

12

Check Box if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares  o

 

 

13

Percent of Class Represented by Amount in Row (11)
41.8%

 

 

14

Type of Reporting Person
CO

 

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This Amendment No. 13 on Schedule 13D (the “Schedule 13D”) relating to shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “Shares”), of Safety, Income & Growth Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Issuer”), is being filed by iStar Inc., a Maryland corporation (“iStar”), and supplements and amends the statement on Schedule 13D originally filed with the Commission on June 27, 2017 (as amended, the “Statement”).

 

Item 3.                                                         Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

 

The aggregate amount of funds used by iStar to acquire the Shares reported in Item 5(c) was $3,562,086.55.  The aggregate amount of funds used by iStar to acquire the Investor Units reported in Item 6 is $250.0 million.  iStar used its working capital to make such purchases.

 

Item 4.                                                         Purpose of Transaction.

 

iStar purchased additional Shares, as reported in Item 5(c) of this Statement, and the Investor Units reported in Item 6 of this Statement in order to increase its equity interest in the Issuer. See also Item 6.

 

Item 5.                                                         Interest in Securities of the Issuer.

 

(a)                                 As of December 31, 2018, iStar owns 7,647,317 Shares directly, or approximately 41.8% of the outstanding Shares.

 

As discussed in Item 6, on January 2, 2019, iStar purchased 12,500,000 newly issued limited partnership units designated as “Investor Units” of Safety Income and Growth Operating Partnership L.P. a subsidiary of the Issuer.  The Issuer has agreed to seek stockholder approval to exchange the Investor Units for Shares on a one-for-one basis.  On a pro forma basis, giving effect to the issuance of 12,500,000 Shares to iStar in such exchange, iStar will own 20,147,317 Shares representing 65.5% of the outstanding Shares.

 

(c)                                  Since filing Amendment No. 12 to the initial Statement, iStar purchased 210,042 Shares through open-market purchases conducted under a “written plan for trading securities” within the meaning of Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Further details regarding these purchases are set forth below.

 

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Trade Date

 

No. of Shares

 

Price per Share ($)

 

Cost ($)

October 26, 2018

 

8,200

 

17.697

 

145,115

October 29, 2018

 

7,137

 

17.567

 

125,375

October 30, 2018

 

3,528

 

17.437

 

61,516

October 31, 2018

 

5,929

 

17.697

 

104,926

November 1, 2018

 

5,625

 

18.049

 

101,527

November 2, 2018

 

5,854

 

17.951

 

105,085

November 5, 2018

 

4,104

 

18.033

 

74,008

November 6, 2018

 

5,951

 

18.606

 

110,723

November 7, 2018

 

2,455

 

18.408

 

45,192

November 8, 2018

 

1,268

 

18.567

 

23,543

November 12, 2018

 

1,998

 

18.534

 

37,031

November 13, 2018

 

7,000

 

18.924

 

132,471

November 14, 2018

 

5,172

 

18.811

 

97,290

November 15, 2018

 

2,350

 

18.619

 

43,756

November 16, 2018

 

7,000

 

18.866

 

132,060

November 19, 2018

 

5,905

 

19.073

 

112,626

November 20, 2018

 

4,076

 

18.974

 

77,337

November 21, 2018

 

1,733

 

19.146

 

33,180

November 23, 2018

 

912

 

19.194

 

17,505

November 26, 2018

 

1,406

 

19.148

 

26,922

November 27, 2018

 

4,393

 

19.361

 

85,052

November 28, 2018

 

4,655

 

19.615

 

91,307

November 29, 2018

 

5,400

 

19.874

 

107,321

November 30, 2018

 

5,400

 

19.819

 

107,020

December 3, 2018

 

3,671

 

19.458

 

71,430

December 4, 2018

 

2,420

 

18.870

 

45,664

 

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December 6, 2018

 

2,921

 

18.742

 

54,747

December 7, 2018

 

4,309

 

19.218

 

82,812

December 10, 2018

 

4,005

 

19.258

 

77,127

December 11, 2018

 

5,300

 

19.215

 

101,838

December 12, 2018

 

5,031

 

19.178

 

96,483

December 13, 2018

 

5,300

 

19.151

 

101,501

December 14, 2018

 

5,300

 

19.321

 

102,400

December 17, 2018

 

5,700

 

19.164

 

109,237

December 18, 2018

 

5,700

 

19.294

 

109,978

December 19, 2018

 

5,700

 

19.421

 

110,702

December 20, 2018

 

5,700

 

19.368

 

110,398

December 21, 2018

 

5,700

 

19.305

 

110,039

December 24, 2018

 

7,100

 

19.195

 

136,285

December 26, 2018

 

7,100

 

18.932

 

134,417

December 27, 2018

 

7,100

 

18.851

 

133,842

December 28, 2018

 

6,387

 

19.232

 

122,835

December 31, 2018

 

8,147

 

18.922

 

154,158

 

Item 6.                                                         Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.

 

On January 2, 2019, iStar entered into an Investor Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with the Issuer and Safety Income and Growth Operating Partnership LP (“SAFE OP,” and together with the Issuer and its other subsidiaries, “SAFE”), pursuant to which iStar purchased from SAFE OP 12,500,000 newly designated limited partnership units (the “Investor Units”) at a purchase price of $20.00 per unit, for a total purchase price of $250.0 million.

 

SAFE intends to use the proceeds from the sale of the Investor Units to fund future investments in ground leases.  The Investor Units were issued in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Investor Units

 

The Investor Units are a newly-designated series of limited partnership interests in SAFE OP.  Each Investor Unit will receive distributions equivalent to distributions declared and paid on one Share.  The Investor Units have no voting rights.  They have limited protective consent rights over certain matters such as amendments to the terms of the Investor Units that would adversely affect the Investor Units.

 

The Investor Units may not be converted or exchanged for cash or other property; provided, however, that the Issuer has agreed to seek stockholder approval to exchange the Investor Units for Shares, on a one-for-one basis.  The Investor Units may not be transferred prior to such exchange.  They will be transferable if stockholder approval for the

 

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exchange has not been obtained by June 30, 2019.  Prior to the stockholder meeting held to obtain approval for the exchange, SAFE will be restricted from issuing Shares or partnership units of SAFE OP at less than $20.00 per Share or unit other than grants pursuant to SAFE’s incentive plan; provided, however, that the Issuer may issue up to $100.0 million of Shares at a price less than $20.00 in an offering in which iStar is offered the opportunity to purchase shares to maintain its percentage ownership interest in SAFE.

 

The Investor Units represent an approximately 40.6% fully diluted economic interest in SAFE.  After giving effect to the issuance of the Investor Units, iStar’s aggregate fully diluted economic interest in SAFE (including the Shares and Investor Units owned by iStar) is approximately 65.5%; however, iStar’s voting power in SAFE remains approximately 41.9% both before and after giving effect to the purchase of the Investor Units, and will remain 41.9% after giving effect to the exchange of Investor Units for Shares, as a result of limitations on iStar’s voting power contained in the Stockholder’s Agreement described below.

 

Stockholder’s Agreement

 

In connection with iStar’s purchase of the Investor Units, iStar and the Issuer entered into a Stockholder’s Agreement on January 2, 2019, which sets forth certain rights and obligations of iStar and SAFE, respectively, relating to iStar’s ownership of the Investor Units and Shares.

 

The Stockholder’s Agreement provides that with respect to any matter presented for a vote or written consent of the holders of Shares after the date on which the Investor Units are exchanged for Shares (the “Exchange Date”), iStar will vote all “Excess Shares” in the same proportions as the votes cast or consents delivered by holders of Shares other than iStar.  “Excess Shares” means the number of Shares, including, without limitation, Shares issued in exchange for Investor Units (“Exchange Shares”) owned by iStar from time to time that exceed 41.9% of the outstanding Shares at such time, including the Exchange Shares.  These voting limitations will remain in effect until the first date on which iStar’s aggregate ownership of Shares is less than 41.9% of the outstanding Shares.

 

The Stockholder’s Agreement also provides that, notwithstanding the voting limitations described above, for three years, iStar will cast all of its voting power in favor of three individuals who are independent of each of iStar and SAFE within the meaning of the listing rules of the New York Stock Exchange to serve as directors of SAFE REIT.  iStar has also agreed to certain standstill provisions for a term of two years.

 

The Stockholder’s Agreement restricts iStar’s ability to transfer Exchange Shares for one year after the Exchange Date.  In addition, for a period of two years, iStar will not transfer Shares representing more than 20% of the outstanding Shares in one transaction or a series of related transactions to any person or group, other than transfers of Shares pursuant to a widely distributed public offering, unless the non-iStar holders of Shares are afforded the opportunity to participate in the transaction at the same price per security and in the same proportion as their Shares represents of the outstanding fully diluted equity of SAFE.

 

The Stockholder’s Agreement provides that iStar will have certain rights (but not the obligation) to maintain its percentage ownership interest of Shares by purchasing additional Shares when SAFE issues additional Shares from time to time, subject to certain exceptions.  Any Shares purchased by iStar pursuant to such rights will be subject to the voting power limitations set forth in the agreement.

 

Additional Agreements

 

In connection with iStar’s purchase of the Investor Units, SFTY Manager LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of iStar), iStar, the Issuer and SAFE OP entered into an Amendment and Restated Management Agreement, dated January 2, 2019.

 

In connection with iStar’s purchase of the Investor Units, iStar and the Issuer also entered into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 2, 2019, which requires SAFE to, among other things, use commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission within six months after the purchase of the Investor Units a shelf registration statement providing for resale of all Shares held by iStar.  The agreement

 

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also provides iStar with certain demand registration rights.  The agreement amends and restates the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2017, between iStar and the Issuer.

 

The Issuer has entered into voting agreements with each of SFTY Venture LLC, an affiliate of GIC (Realty) Private Limited, and SFTY VII-B, LLC, an affiliate of Lubert-Adler, L.P., pursuant to which they have agreed to vote their Shares to approve the issuance of Shares upon the exchange of Investor Units and the grant of the preemptive rights described above to iStar at the stockholder meeting called for such purpose.  The voting agreements expire on June 30, 2019.  Dean Adler, a principal of Lubert-Adler, L.P., is a director of the Issuer.  SFTY Venture LLC owns 2,125,000 Shares and SFTY VII-B, LLC owns 750,000 Shares at the date of this Report.

 

The preceding descriptions of certain transaction documents are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the Investor Unit Purchase Agreement, the Partnership Unit Designation of Investor Units, the Stockholder’s Agreement, the Amended and Restated Management Agreement, the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement and the Voting Agreements, copies of which are incorporated by reference as exhibits to this Statement.

 

Item 7.                                                         Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

3.1

 

Investor Unit Purchase Agreement, dated January 2, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 1.1 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

3.2

 

Partnership Unit Designation of Investor Units, dated January 2, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 4.1 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

3.3

 

Stockholders Agreement, dated January 2, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

3.4

 

Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated January 2, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.2 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

3.5

 

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 2, 2019 (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.3 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

3.6

 

Voting Agreement, dated January 2, 2019, with SFTY Venture LLC (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.4 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

3.7

 

Voting Agreement, dated January 2, 2019, with SFTY VII-B, LLC (Incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.5 of iStar Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 3, 2019)

 

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SIGNATURE

 

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Dated:  January 2, 2019

 

 

iSTAR INC.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Marcos Alvarado

 

Marcos Alvarado

 

President and Chief Investment Officer

 

Schedule 13D Amendment No. 13