Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
On August 5, 2019, Steadfast Apartment REIT, Inc. (the “Company” or “STAR”) entered into the Merger Agreements (as defined herein) to acquire each of Steadfast Income REIT, Inc. (“SIR”) and Steadfast Apartment REIT III, Inc. (“STAR III”). As described in greater detail herein, both mergers arestock-for-stock transactions whereby each of SIR and STAR III will be merged into a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The consummation of the Company’s merger with SIR is not contingent upon the completion of the merger with STAR III, and the consummation of the merger with STAR III is not contingent upon the completion of the Company’s merger with SIR.
SIR Merger
On August 5, 2019, the Company, SIR, Steadfast Apartment REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., the Company’s operating partnership (“STAR Operating Partnership”), Steadfast Income REIT Operating Partnership, L.P., the operating partnership of SIR (“SIR Operating Partnership”), and SI Subsidiary, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“SIR Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “SIR Merger Agreement”). Subject to the terms and conditions of the SIR Merger Agreement, SIR will merge with and into SIR Merger Sub (the “SIR Merger”), with SIR Merger Sub surviving the SIR Merger, such that following the SIR Merger, the surviving entity will continue as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In accordance with the applicable provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), the separate existence of SIR shall cease.
At the effective time of the SIR Merger and subject to the terms and conditions of the SIR Merger Agreement, each issued and outstanding share of SIR’s common stock (or a fraction thereof), $0.01 par value per share (the “SIR Common Stock”), will be converted into the right to receive 0.5934 shares of STAR’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “STAR Common Stock”).
In addition, each share of SIR Common Stock, if any, then held by any wholly owned subsidiary of SIR or by the Company or any of its wholly owned subsidiaries will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be retired and cease to exist, and no consideration shall be paid, nor any other payment or right inure or be made with respect to such shares of the SIR Common Stock in connection with or as a consequence of the SIR Merger.
SIR Agreement and Plan of Merger
The SIR Merger Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants prohibiting SIR and its subsidiaries and representatives from soliciting, providing information or entering into discussions concerning proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions after the SIR Go Shop Period End Time (as defined herein), subject to certain limited exceptions.
Pursuant to the terms of the SIR Merger Agreement, during the period beginning on the date of the SIR Merger Agreement and continuing until 11:59 p.m. New York City time on September 5, 2019 (the “SIR Go Shop Period End Time”), SIR and its subsidiaries and representatives may initiate, solicit, provide information and enter into discussions concerning proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions.
The SIR Merger Agreement also provides that prior to the SIR Stockholder Approval (as defined herein), the board of directors of SIR may withdraw its recommendation of the SIR Merger or make an Adverse Recommendation Change (as defined in the SIR Merger Agreement), subject to complying with certain conditions set forth in the SIR Merger Agreement.
The SIR Merger Agreement may be terminated under certain circumstances, including but not limited to, by either the Company or SIR (in each case, with the prior approval of their respective special committee, each comprised solely of each of the independent directors of the respective board of directors) if the SIR Merger has not been consummated on or before 11:59 p.m. New York time on April 30, 2020, if a final andnon-appealable order is entered prohibiting or disapproving the SIR Merger, if the SIR Stockholder Approval has not been obtained or upon a material uncured breach of the respective obligations, covenants or agreements by the other party that would cause the closing conditions in the SIR Merger Agreement not to be satisfied.
In addition, SIR (with the prior approval of its special committee) may terminate the SIR Merger Agreement in order to enter into an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement” with respect to a “Superior Proposal” (each as defined in the SIR Merger Agreement) at any time prior to receipt by SIR of the SIR Stockholder Approval pursuant to the terms of the SIR Merger Agreement.