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): February 13, 2015 (February 12, 2015)

 

SL GREEN REALTY CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Maryland

 

1-13199

 

13-3956775

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

33-167793-02

 

13-3960398

(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

420 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10170

(Address of principal executive
offices, including zip code)

 

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code:  (212) 594-2700

 

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Item 1.01              Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Sixteenth Amendment to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P.

 

On February 12, 2015, SL Green Realty Corp. (the “Company”), as the general partner of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), entered into a sixteenth amendment (the “Sixteenth Amendment”) to the Operating Partnership’s First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated August 20, 1997 (as amended through the date hereof, the “Partnership Agreement”), to permit the issuance of 1,600,000 Series M Preferred Units of the Operating Partnership (the “Series M Preferred Units”) of limited partnership interests with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per unit (the “Series M Liquidation Preference”). All 1,600,000 Series M Preferred Units have been issued as a portion of the consideration for the acquisition of ownership interests in and relating to certain commercial real estate property.

 

The Series M Preferred Units provide for cumulative quarterly preferential cash distributions in an amount per Series M Preferred Unit equal to 3.75% of the Series M Liquidation Preference per annum.

 

The Series M Preferred Units were issued in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

The foregoing description of the Sixteenth Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Sixteenth Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02              Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities.

 

The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference herein with respect to the issuance by the Operating Partnership of 1,600,000 Series M Preferred Units.

 

Item 9.01              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibit

 

10.1        Sixteenth Amendment, dated February 12, 2015, to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of SL Green Operating Partnership, L.P.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SL GREEN REALTY CORP.

 

 

 

/s/ Andrew S. Levine

 

Andrew S. Levine

 

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

SL GREEN OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

 

 

 

By: SL GREEN REALTY CORP., its general partner

 

 

 

/s/ Andrew S. Levine

 

Andrew S. Levine

 

Chief Legal Officer and General Counsel

 

 

Date: February 12, 2015

 

 

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