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): December 29, 2015

 

Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland   333-195292   46-1140492

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

1985 Cedar Bridge Avenue, Suite 1

Lakewood, New Jersey 08701

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 367-0129

 

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:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)  
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

As previously disclosed in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.’s (the “Company”) Form S-11 (File No. 333-195292) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 29, 2015, the Company, through Lightstone Value Plus REIT III, LP, the Company’s operating partnership, entered into a Second Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) on December 29, 2015 with Lightstone SLP III LLC (the “SLP”), the special limited partner of the Company’s operating partnership. Under the terms of the Agreement, the SLP has committed to purchase up to an aggregate amount of $36.0 million in subordinated participation interests in the Company’s operating partnership. The SLP’s obligation will continue until the earlier of (i) the termination of the Company’s initial public offering of up to 30.0 million shares of common stock; (ii) the SLP’s purchase of an aggregate of $36.0 million of subordinated participation interests and (iii) the Company’s receipt of gross offering proceeds of $300.0 million. The subordinated participation interests will entitle the SLP to receive liquidation distributions from the Company’s operating partnership, subject to certain conditions.

 

The description of the Agreement in this Current Report on Form 8-K is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Agreement attached as Exhibit 4.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number Description

 

  4.4 Second Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement between Lightstone Value Plus REIT III LP and Lightstone SLP III LLC

 

 

 

   

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.

 

  LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.  
       
       
Date: December 29, 2015 By:   /s/ Donna Brandin  
  Donna Brandin  
  Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.4

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

by and between

 

LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REIT III LP

 

and

 

LIGHTSTONE SLP III LLC

   

This Second Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement, between Lightstone Value Plus REIT III LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ OP ”), and Lightstone SLP III LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ SLP ”), is dated December 29, 2015 (the “ Second Restatement Date ”).

 

WHEREAS, Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ REIT ”), has filed a Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-195292) (the “ Registration Statement ”) for an initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of up to 30,000,000 shares of REIT common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Common Shares ”) in a primary offering at a price of $10.00 per Common Share, subject to the volume discounts and other special circumstances described in or otherwise provided in the Registration Statement, and up to 10,000,000 Common Shares pursuant to the REIT’s distribution reinvestment program at a price of $9.50 per Common Share;

   

WHEREAS, the OP admitted the SLP as a special limited partner pursuant to the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Lightstone Value Plus REIT III LP, dated as of July 16, 2014 (the “ OP LPA ”);

 

WHEREAS, the OP and the SLP entered into that certain Contribution Agreement, dated July 16, 2014 (the “ Original Contribution Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Amended and Restated Contribution Agreement, dated September 11, 2015, (the “ Amended Contribution Agreement ”) the OP and the SLP amended and restated the Original Contribution Agreement in its entirety; and

 

WHEREAS, subject to and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto wish to amend and restate the Amended Contribution Agreement in its entirety upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, with the Original Contribution Agreement and the Amended Contribution Agreement, as so amended and restated, and as may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, being hereinafter referred to as (the “ Agreement ”);

  

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual premises, covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree that the Amended Contribution Agreement is hereby amended and restated as follows as of the Second Restatement Date:

 

 

 

 

1. Contributions; Issuances of Subordinated Participation Interests . The SLP agrees quarterly, beginning with the date on which the REIT first publishes an estimated per share value of the Common Shares, to contribute to the OP cash or interests in real property of equivalent value (subject to the last sentence of this Section 1 ) in an amount equal to the product of (i) $10.00 minus the then-current estimated net asset value per Common Share, multiplied by (ii) the number of Common Shares outstanding. In consideration therefor, the OP agrees to issue to the SLP one Subordinated Participation Interest (as such term is defined in the OP LPA) for each $50,000 in cash or interests in real property of equivalent value that the SLP contributes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the SLP’s obligation to make contributions to the OP pursuant to this Section 1 will terminate on the earlier of: (i) the SLP’s purchase of an aggregate of $36,000,000 of Subordinated Participation Interests and (ii) the REIT’s receipt of gross offering proceeds of $300,000,000. The SLP understands and agrees that if, pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 1 , the SLP elects to contribute interests in real property, a majority of the REIT’s board of directors (the “ Board ”) (including a majority of the Board’s independent directors) shall determine the value of such interests in real property based on an appraisal obtained from a qualified independent real estate appraiser concerning the underlying real property.

 

2. Term of Agreement . This Agreement, unless earlier terminated by written consent of the parties hereto, shall continue in force until the earlier of: (i) the termination of the IPO; (ii) the SLP’s purchase of an aggregate of $36,000,000 of Subordinated Participation Interests and (iii) the REIT’s receipt of gross offering proceeds of $300,000,000.

 

3. Miscellaneous .

 

3.1   This Agreement may be amended only by written instrument duly executed by the parties hereto.

 

3.2   This Agreement will be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its choice of law rules.

 

3.3   This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which, taken together, shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

3.4   If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction or a federal or state regulatory agency to be invalid, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated.

 

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REIT III LP  
   
  By:   

Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate

Investment Trust III, Inc., its General

Partner  


 

  By: /s/ David Lichtenstein
    Name: David Lichtenstein  
     
    Title: Chief Executive Officer  

 

  LIGHTSTONE SLP III LLC
     
  By: /s/ David Lichtenstein
    Name: David Lichtenstein
     
    Title: Manager