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): December 21, 2018
STARWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Maryland | 333-220997 | 82-2023409 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1601 Washington Avenue
Suite 800
Miami Beach, FL 33139
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(305) 695-5500
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
As previously disclosed, Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) has registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission an offering of up to $5,000,000,000 in shares of common stock (the “Offering”). The terms of the Offering required the Company to deposit all subscription proceeds in escrow with UMB Bank, N.A., as escrow agent, until the Company received subscriptions aggregating at least $150 million in shares of the Company’s common stock, in any combination of share classes.
As of December 21, 2018, the Company had satisfied the minimum offering requirement and the Company’s board of directors had authorized the release of proceeds from escrow. As of such date, the escrow agent released gross proceeds of approximately $165 million to the Company in connection with the sale of shares of the Company’s common stock.
A press release announcing the Company’s breaking of escrow is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibit
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release of Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. dated December 21, 2018 |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
99.1 | Press Release of Starwood Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. dated December 21, 2018 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
STARWOOD REAL ESTATE INCOME TRUST, INC. | ||||||||
Date: December 21, 2018 | By: | /s/ Matthew Guttin | ||||||
Matthew Guttin Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary |