This statement constitutes Amendment No.8 (“Amendment No.8”) to the statement on Schedule 13D filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by Jonathan Garfield (the “Reporting Person”) in connection with the ownership of Common Stock, par value $0.02 per share (the “Common Stock”), of Reis, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), with its principal executive offices at 1185 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10036, as such Schedule 13D has previously been amended and supplemented (the “Schedule 13D”).
In accordance with Act Rule13d-2, this Amendment No.8 amends and supplements only information that has materially changed since the November 12, 2015 filing by the Reporting Person of Amendment No.7 to the Schedule 13D. Unless otherwise stated, the information set forth in the Schedule 13D remains accurate in all material respects. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Schedule 13D.
Item 4. | Purpose of Transaction. |
Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by adding the following:
On August 29, 2018, the Company, Moody’s Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Moody’s”), and Moody’s Analytics Maryland Corp., a Maryland corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Moody’s (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Merger Sub will commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to purchase all outstanding shares of Common Stock at a price of $23.00 per share of Common Stock (the “Offer Price”), subject to any required withholding of taxes, net to the selling stockholders in cash without interest. Following completion of the Offer, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement (the “Merger”), with the Merger to be effected pursuant to Section 3-106.1 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended, with the Company surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of Moody’s. At the effective time of the Merger, each share of Common Stock not purchased in the Offer (other than the shares of Common Stock held directly or indirectly by any of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries or by Moody’s or any of its subsidiaries (including Merger Sub)) will be converted into the right to receive an amount, in cash and without interest, equal to the Offer Price.
On August 29, 2018, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Reporting Person entered into a Tender and Support Agreement with Moody’s and Merger Sub (the “Tender and Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Reporting Person has agreed to, among other things, tender all of his shares of Common Stock that he beneficially owns in the Offer.
The foregoing summary of the material terms of the Tender and Support Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Tender and Support Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 99.5 attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. | Interest in Securities of the Issuer. |
Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
(a) Based on the 11,810,699 shares of Common Stock of the Company (which includes 241,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding vested stock options) outstanding as of August 24, 2018 (as disclosed in the Merger Agreement), the Reporting Person is the beneficial owner of 961,357 shares of Common Stock, including 100,000 shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of vested stock options held by the Reporting Person (collectively, the “Reported Shares”), representing approximately 8.1% of the issued and outstanding Common Stock of the Company. The Reported Shares include 36,093 shares of Common Stock held by the Jonathan Garfield Family Trust (the “Family Trust”) by virtue of the fact that the trustee is the Reporting Person’s wife, Ms. Celia J. Hartmann.
(b) The Reporting Person has the sole power to vote or direct the vote of, and to dispose of or direct the disposition of, all of the Reported Shares except the 36,093 shares of Common Stock held by the Family Trust. The Reporting Person may be deemed to share with his wife, trustee for the Family Trust, voting and dispositive power with respect to the 36,093 Reported Shares held by the Family Trust. Ms. Celia J. Hartmann’s business address is The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028, and her principal occupation is Senior Associate for Archival Processing. During the past five years, Ms. Hartmann has not been convicted in any criminal proceeding described in Item 2(d) of Schedule 13D nor has she been a party to any civil proceeding described in Item 2(e) of Schedule 13D. Ms. Hartmann is a citizen of the United States and a resident of New York.
(c) Except as described herein, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions in the Reported Shares during the past sixty days.
(d) With respect to the 36,093 Reported Shares held by the Family Trust, the Family Trust has the right to receive dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such Reported Shares.
(e) Not applicable.