SRG-A Seritage Growth Properties

 

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): January 30, 2024

 

 

SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Maryland			001-37420	38-3976287
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)			(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 1530
New York, New York				10110
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)				(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: 212 355-7800

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share		SRG		New York Stock Exchange
7.00% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share		SRG-PA		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On January 30, 2024, Seritage Growth Properties (the “Company”) announced that it made a voluntary prepayment in the amount of $30 million under its $1.6 billion Senior Secured Term Loan Agreement, dated July 31, 2018, among the Company, Seritage Growth Properties, L.P. and Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska (as amended by amendment no. 1, dated May 5, 2020, by amendment no. 2, dated November 24, 2021, and by amendment no. 3, dated June 16, 2022, the “Term Loan Agreement”). Following the prepayment, $330 million remains outstanding under the Term Loan Agreement. The prepayment will also reduce the Company's total annual interest expense related to the term loan facility by approximately $2.1 million.

In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Press release dated January 30, 2024
104		Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within Inline XBRL document)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

			SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES
Date:	January 30, 2024	By:	/s/ Matthew Fernand
			Matthew Fernand Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

 

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Exhibit 99.1

SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES MAKES $30 MILLION LOAN PREPAYMENT

NEW YORK – January 30, 2024 – Seritage Growth Properties (NYSE: SRG) (the “Company”), a national owner and developer of retail, residential and mixed-use properties, today announced that on January 30, 2024, the Company made a voluntary prepayment of $30 million toward its $1.6 billion term loan facility provided by Berkshire Hathaway Life Insurance Company of Nebraska (“Berkshire Hathaway”).

 

With the prepayment, the Company has now repaid a total of $1.27 billion since December 2021 and $330 million of the term loan facility remains outstanding. The current prepayment will reduce Seritage’s total annual interest expense related to the term loan facility by approximately $2.1 million. The cumulative repayments since December 2021 have reduced Seritage’s total annual interest expense related to the term loan facility by approximately $88.9 million.

About Seritage Growth Properties

Seritage is principally engaged in the ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of diversified and mixed-use properties throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2023, the Company’s portfolio consisted of interests in 42 properties comprised of approximately 5.6 million square feet of gross leaseable area (“GLA”) or build-to-suit leased area, approximately 126 acres held for or under development until time of sale and approximately 2.9 million square feet of GLA or approximately 259 acres to be disposed of in its current state. The portfolio consists of approximately 4.3 million square feet of GLA held by 33 wholly owned properties and 1.2 million square feet of GLA held by 9 unconsolidated entities.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to: declines in retail, real estate and general economic conditions; the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the business of the Company’s tenants and business, income, cash flow, results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, ability to service the Company’s debt obligations and ability to pay dividends and other distributions to shareholders, risks relating to redevelopment activities; contingencies to the commencement of rent under leases; the terms of the Company’s indebtedness and other legal requirements to which the Company is subject; failure to achieve expected occupancy and/or rent levels within the projected time frame or at all; the impact of ongoing negative operating cash flow on the Company’s ability to fund operations and ongoing development; the Company’s ability to access or obtain sufficient sources of financing to fund the Company’s liquidity needs; the Company’s relatively limited history as an operating company; and environmental, health, safety and land use laws and regulations. For additional discussion of these and other applicable risks, assumptions and uncertainties, see the “Risk Factors” and forward-looking statement disclosure contained in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and any subsequent Form 10-Qs. While the Company believes that its forecasts and assumptions are reasonable, the Company cautions that actual results may differ materially. The Company intends the forward-looking statements to speak only as of the time made and do not undertake to update or revise them as more information becomes available, except as required by law.

Seritage Growth Properties

John Garilli

Interim Chief Financial Officer

(212) 355-7800

IR@Seritage.com

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