Pursuant to Rule 13d-2 promulgated under the Act, this Schedule 13D/A (this “Amendment No. 2”) amends the Schedule 13D filed on November 19, 2010 (the “Original Schedule 13D”) and amended on May 19, 2011 (“Amendment No. 1”) (the Original Schedule 13D, Amendment No. 1 and this Amendment No. 2 are collectively referred to herein as the “Schedule 13D”). This Amendment No. 2 relates to the common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “GGP Common Stock”), of General Growth Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings attributed to them in the Original Schedule 13D.
This Amendment No. 2 is being filed to report that on November 1, 2013, BRH III entered into agreements providing for (i) the sale by BRH III to entities controlled by Brookfield of 19,528,869 shares of GGP Common Stock held by BRH III and all of the Warrants held by BRH III that are attributable to the interests of Stable and Best and (ii) the distribution by BRH III to Stable and Best, in complete redemption of the interests of Stable and Best in BRH III, of (x) $584,731,721 from the funds received in the sale transactions described in clause (i), (y) 1,980,893 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Rouse Common Stock”), of Rouse Properties, Inc. held by BRH III, which shares are all of the shares of Rouse Common Stock held by BRH III that are attributable to the interests of Stable and Best and (z) 33,516,396 shares of GGP Common Stock held by BRH III (collectively the “Consortium Liquidity Transactions”). The Consortium Liquidity Transactions occurred on November 1, 2013. Prior to the Consortium Liquidity Transactions, the Voting Agreement was terminated. As a result of the Consortium Liquidity Transactions, (i) Stable and Best are no longer parties to the Operating Agreement of BRH III and therefore none of CIC, Stable or Best may be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of the GGP Common Stock and Warrants held by any of the Investment Vehicles, (ii) none of Stable, Best or CIC may be deemed to be members of a “group” with the Investment Vehicles and the Other Filers with respect to the shares of GGP Common Stock and Warrants held by the Investment Vehicles or with respect to any other shares of GGP Common Stock beneficially owned by such Other Filers and (iii) BAM Canada and Brookfield (US) Investments Ltd. will continue to own interests in BRH III, whose assets will include cash, Warrants and shares of GGP Common Stock and Rouse Common Stock equal to the carried interest and other amounts owed to BAM Canada and Brookfield (US) Investments Ltd. that are attributable to the former interests of Stable and Best in BRH III under the Operating Agreement and related agreements. The Reporting Persons have terminated the Joint Filing Agreement.
As a result of the Consortium Liquidity Transactions, each Reporting Person’s beneficial ownership, and their beneficial ownership in the aggregate, represents less than 5% of the outstanding GGP Common Stock. Accordingly, this Amendment No. 2 constitutes an exit filing for the Reporting Persons.
Item 2. Identity and Background
Schedule I referenced in Item 2 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as attached hereto.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
Item 5(a)-(c) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
| See Items 11 and 13 of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D for the aggregate number of shares of GGP Common Stock and percentages of GGP Common Stock beneficially owned by each of the Reporting Persons, which is incorporated herein by reference to each such Reporting Person. |
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(b) | Information concerning the number of shares of GGP Common Stock as to which each Reporting Person has the sole or shared power to vote or direct the vote and sole or shared power to dispose or direct the disposition is set forth in Items 7 through 10 of the cover pages to this Schedule 13D for each such Reporting Person and is incorporated herein by reference to each such Reporting Person. |
CIC is the parent of CIC International Co., Ltd. (“CIC International”), which is the parent of Stable, Best, and another wholly owned subsidiary (the “Third Subsidiary”). As of the close of business on November 1, 2013, the Third Subsidiary held and beneficially owned 131,103 shares of GGP Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”). CIC, by virtue of being the parent of CIC International, may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the Additional Shares. Taking into account CIC’s beneficial ownership in the Additional Shares, CIC’s beneficial ownership represents 3.5% of the outstanding GGP Common Stock. None of other Reporting Persons has or shares voting or investment power with respect to any other shares of GGP Common Stock or Warrants.
All calculations of percentages of beneficial ownership in this Item 5 and elsewhere in this Schedule 13D are based on the 966,951,246 shares of GGP Common Stock reported by the Company as outstanding as of August 2, 2013 as reported in its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 7, 2013.
(c) | Except as otherwise described in this Amendment No. 2, none of the Reporting Persons, nor, to their knowledge, any of the persons identified on Schedule I, Schedule II, or Schedule III, has effected any transaction in the GGP Common Stock during the past sixty days. |
Item 5(e) of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:
On November 1, 2013, as a result of the Consortium Liquidity Transactions, the Reporting Persons ceased to be beneficial owners of more than five percent of the outstanding GGP Common Stock.