| Item 5.01 | Changes in Control of Registrant. |
Landmark Dividend LLC Transaction
On May 17, 2021, Digital Colony Management, LLC, a leading global digital infrastructure investment firm (“Digital Colony”), announced that certain of its affiliates have entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with Landmark Dividend Holdings II LLC (“Holdings”), providing for the acquisition (the “Sponsor Acquisition”), of Landmark Dividend LLC, a real estate acquisition and development company (“Dividend”) and the sponsor of Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP (the “Partnership”). Dividend owns, among other things, (i) approximately 13.2% of the Partnership’s outstanding common units representing limited partner interests and (ii) 100% of the Partnership’s general partner (the “General Partner”), which owns a non-economic general partner interest in the Partnership and 100% of the Partnership’s incentive distribution rights. Upon closing of the Acquisition, which is expected to occur in the second quarter of 2021, Digital Colony will own and control the General Partner, and Holdings will no longer have any direct or indirect ownership interest in the Partnership or the General Partner.
On May 17, 2021, Digital Colony informed the board of directors of the General Partner (the “Board”) that, subject to completion of the Sponsor Acquisition, it intends to submit a proposal to the Board to acquire substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (the “Proposed Acquisition”). The Proposed Acquisition, if consummated, would result in the payment of $13.00 per common unit in cash to the Partnership’s unaffiliated unitholders. The Partnership cannot predict whether a proposal will be submitted to the Board by Digital Colony, the exact terms of any such proposal, or whether any such proposal will be agreed to by the parties or successfully consummated.
Forward Looking Statements
This current report on Form 8-K contains certain statements that are “forward-looking” statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “expects,” “future” and “intends” and similar expressions which are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements concerning the Acquisition, the Proposed Acquisition, including the terms of the Proposed Acquisition and the approval of the Proposed Acquisition. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of their dates. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the result of any revisions to any such forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances that occur, or which we become aware of, after the date hereof.
Important Notice to Investors
This Current Report on Form 8-K does not constitute an offer to buy or solicitation of an offer to sell any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. This Current Report on Form 8-K contains information relating to a proposal that Digital Colony has advised the Partnership it intends to make for a business combination transaction with the Partnership. If such proposal is made and pursued and subject to future developments, the Partnership may file a proxy statement and other documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE PARTNERSHIP ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY (IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE) AS THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT ANY PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Any definitive proxy statement (if and when available) will be mailed to unitholders of the Partnership. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of these documents (if and when they become available) and other documents filed with the SEC by the Partnership through the web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Free copies of any definitive proxy statement (if and when available) and other documents filed with the SEC can also be obtained by directing a request to Marcelo Choi (Vice President, Investor Relations) by phone at (213) 788-4528 or by email at ir@landmarkmlp.com.
The Partnership and the directors and executive officers of the General Partner and certain other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies with respect to a Proposed Acquisition or any other proposed business combination between the Partnership and Digital Colony. Information regarding the directors and
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