UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Trade Street
Residential, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
(Title of Class of Securities)
89255N203
(CUSIP Number)
James J. Sebra
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
Cira Centre
2929 Arch
Street, 17th Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 243-9000
(Name,
Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
May 11, 2015
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)
If the filing
person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), Rule 13d-1(f) or Rule 13d-1(g), check the following box. ¨
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other
parties to whom copies are to be sent.
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The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information
which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page. |
The information required on the remainder of this cover page
shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions
of the Act (however, see the Notes).
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Names of
reporting persons Independence Realty Trust, Inc. |
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Check the appropriate box if a member
of a group (see instructions)
(a) ¨ (b) ¨ |
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SEC use only
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Source of funds (see instructions)
OO |
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Check if disclosure of legal
proceedings is required pursuant to Item 2(d) or 2(e) ¨ |
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Citizenship or place of
organization Maryland |
Number of
shares beneficially
owned by each
reporting person
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Sole voting power
None |
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Shared voting power
17,768,733 |
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Sole dispositive power
None |
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Shared dispositive power
17,768,733 |
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Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person
17,768,733 |
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Check if the aggregate amount in Row
(11) excludes certain shares (see instructions) ¨ |
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Percent of class represented by amount
in Row (11) 48.3% |
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Type of reporting person (see
instructions) CO |
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Item 1. |
Security and Issuer |
This statement on Schedule 13D relates to the common stock, par
value $0.01 per share (Issuer Common Stock), of Trade Street Residential, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Issuer). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 19950 West Country Club Drive,
Aventura, Florida 33180.
Item 2. |
Identity and Background |
This statement is filed by Independence Realty Trust, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (IRT). IRT is an apartment REIT focused on acquiring and owning well-located garden-style and mid-rise apartment properties throughout the United States of America. The address of IRTs principal business
and principal office is Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
The names, business address, citizenship, and present principal occupation or employment of the directors and executive officers of IRT are as
set forth in Annex 1 hereto and incorporated herein by this reference.
Neither IRT nor, to IRTs knowledge, any person listed in
Annex 1 hereto, has during the last five years (a) been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors) or (b) been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent
jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with
respect to such laws.
Item 3. |
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration |
As an inducement to enter into the
Merger Agreement (as defined in Item 4 below) with Issuer, and in consideration thereof, certain beneficial owners of an aggregate of 17,768,733 shares of Issuer Common Stock outstanding (the Stockholders) entered into voting
agreements, each dated as of May 11, 2015, with IRT (the Voting Agreements), whereby each Stockholder has agreed, among other things, to vote with respect to such Stockholders shares of Issuer Common Stock, including
any shares of Issuer Common Stock that are acquired by such Stockholders after May 11, 2015, (collectively, the Subject Shares) as described in Item 4 below, and has appointed IRT as such Stockholders true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and irrevocable proxy to vote such Subject Shares as described in Item 4 below. No funds were used and no funds are to be used by IRT in entering into the Voting Agreements and in acquiring the proxies thereunder. The Voting
Agreements were entered into by IRT as a part of the transaction described in Item 4 below. Copies of the Merger Agreement and the Voting Agreements are filed as Exhibits 1 and 2-4, respectively, hereto.
Item 4. |
Purpose of Transaction |
(a) (b)
This statement is being filed in connection with the Voting Agreements among IRT and the Stockholders. On May 11, 2015, IRT, Independence
Realty Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and a subsidiary of IRT (IRT OP), IRT Limited Partner, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of IRT (IRT LP
LLC), and Adventure Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of IRT OP (OP Merger Sub and, collectively with IRT, IRT OP and IRT LP LLC, the IRT Buyer Parties),
entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement) with Issuer and Trade Street Operating Partnership, L.P. (the Operating Partnership).
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Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain
conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, (i) OP Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Operating Partnership (the Partnership Merger) at the effective time of the Partnership Merger, whereupon the separate existence
of the OP Merger Sub will cease and the Operating Partnership will be the surviving entity and wholly-owned subsidiary of IRT OP and (ii) Issuer will be merged with and into IRT LP LLC (the Company Merger and, collectively
with the Partnership Merger, the Merger) at the effective time of the Company Merger (the Company Merger Effective Time), whereupon the separate existence of Issuer will cease and IRT LP LLC will be the
surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of IRT.
At the Company Merger Effective Time, each share of Issuer Common Stock issued and
outstanding immediately prior to the Company Merger Effective Time will be converted automatically into the right to receive, subject to certain adjustments, the following consideration: (i) an amount in cash equal to $3.80 (provided that IRT
may elect, prior to the closing of the Merger to increase the per share cash amount up to $4.56) (such cash amount, the Per Share Cash Amount); and (ii) a number of shares of IRTs common stock equal to the quotient
determined by dividing (a) $7.60 less the Per Share Cash Amount, by (b) $9.25, and rounding the result to the nearest 1/10,000.
The description of the Merger Agreement and the Merger contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by
reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
As noted in Item 3 above, as an inducement to IRT to enter into the Merger Agreement, each Stockholder executed a Voting Agreement
pursuant to which such Stockholder agreed (among other things) until the Expiration Date (as defined below) and at every meeting of the stockholders of the Issuer called with respect to the following matters to (including via proxy), (i) appear
at such stockholders meeting or otherwise cause the Subject Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (ii) vote, or cause to be voted, the Subject Shares: (a) in favor of the adoption and
approval of the Merger Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement (including any amendments or modifications of the terms thereof adopted in accordance with the terms thereof), (b) in favor of any
other matter that is reasonably required to facilitate the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions, (c) in favor of any proposal to adjourn a stockholders meeting to solicit additional proxies in favor of the approval of the
Merger Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, and (d) against (I) any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty
or any other obligation or agreement of the Issuer contained in the Merger Agreement or of the Stockholder contained in the Voting Agreement, (II) any action or agreement that would reasonably be expected to result in any condition to the
consummation of the Merger not being fulfilled, and (III) any Company Takeover Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) or any other action, agreement or transaction that is intended, or would reasonably be expected, to materially impede,
interfere with, be inconsistent with, delay, postpone, discourage or adversely affect consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, in each case to the extent that the stockholders of the Issuer are entitled to consider and
vote on such matters(s) at a stockholders meeting. Each Stockholder is not required to vote its Subject Shares as described above if (i) the board of directors of the Issuer changes its recommendation to its stockholders to approve the
Merger Agreement or recommends that its stockholder enter into a transaction with another party or (ii) the Merger Agreement is amended or proposed to be amended in any manner that is materially adverse to the Stockholder (an Adverse
Amendment).
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In addition, the Stockholders have agreed, subject to certain exceptions, to refrain from
(i) transferring or otherwise disposing of any Subject Shares, (ii) depositing any Subject Shares into a voting trust or entering into a voting agreement or arrangement with respect to such Subject Shares or granting any proxy (except as
otherwise provided in the Voting Agreements) or powers of attorney with respect thereto or (iii) committing or agreeing to take any of the foregoing actions. IRT, and such designees as it may name, was appointed as each Stockholders true
and lawful attorney-in-fact and irrevocable proxy to vote such Subject Shares for the limited purposes set forth above.
The Voting
Agreements will terminate (the Expiration Date) on the earlier to occur of (i) the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), (ii) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be terminated in accordance
with the terms thereof, (iii) the date of any modification, waiver, change or amendment to the Merger Agreement that is an Adverse Amendment or that results in a material decrease in the amount or change in form of consideration payable under
the Merger Agreement, or (iv) the End Date (as such term is defined in the Merger Agreement).
The description of the Voting
Agreements contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of each Voting Agreement, copies of which are attached as Exhibits 2-4 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Not applicable.
(d) Upon
consummation of the Merger, the directors and officers of the Issuer shall have resigned in accordance with the Merger Agreement, as Issuer will cease to exist.
(e) Other than as a result of the Merger, not applicable.
(f) Other than as a result of the Merger, not applicable.
(g) Upon consummation of the Merger, Issuer will cease to exist.
(h)-(i) IRT anticipates that after the Merger, the Issuer Common Stock will be delisted from the NASDAQ Stock Market and the Issuer Common
Stock will be eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Act.
(j) Other than as set forth in this
Schedule 13D, the Voting Agreements or the Merger Agreement, neither IRT nor, to IRTs knowledge, any person named in Annex 1 hereto, has any plans or proposals which relate to or would result in any of the matters listed in Items
4(a)-(i) above (although IRT reserves the right to develop such plans or proposals).
Item 5. |
Interest in Securities of the Issuer |
(a)-(b) As a result of the Voting Agreements,
IRT may be deemed for purposes of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Act to beneficially own 17,768,733 shares of Issuer Common Stock, representing approximately 48.3% of the outstanding shares of Issuer Common Stock (based on 36,809,108 shares of
Issuer Common Stock, the number of shares of Issuer Common Stock outstanding as of May 8, 2015 as represented by the Issuer in the Merger Agreement). Neither the
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filing of this Schedule 13D nor any of its contents shall be deemed to constitute an admission by IRT that IRT is the beneficial owner of any shares of Issuer Common Stock for purposes of
Section 13(d) of the Act, or for any other purpose, and such beneficial ownership thereof is expressly disclaimed.
Other than
pursuant to the Voting Agreements, neither IRT nor, to IRTs knowledge, any person named in Annex 1 hereto, has the power to vote or direct the vote, or dispose of or direct the disposition of, the Issuer Common Stock.
(c) Other than the Voting Agreement, the Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby, neither IRT nor, to IRTs knowledge,
any person named in Annex 1 hereto, has effected any transaction in the Issuer Common Stock during the past 60 days.
(d) IRT does not have
the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Issuer Common Stock owned by the Stockholders and reported by this statement, and to the knowledge of IRT, each Stockholder has
the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the shares of Issuer Common Stock owned by such Stockholder and reported by this statement.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. |
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer |
Other than as described in Items 3, 4 and 5, which descriptions are incorporated herein by reference in answer to this Item 6, and the
agreements incorporated therein by reference and set forth as exhibits hereto, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships (legal or otherwise) among IRT, or to IRTs knowledge, the other persons named in Item 2
or between IRT, or to IRTs knowledge, the other persons named in Item 2 and any person with respect to any securities of the Issuer, including but not limited to transfer or voting of any of the securities, finders fees, joint
ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guarantees of profits, division of profits or loss, or the giving or withholding of proxies.
Item 7. |
Material to Be Filed as Exhibits |
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Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated May 11, 2015, by and among Independence Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, Independence Realty Operating Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, IRT Limited
Partner, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Adventure Merger Sub LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Trade Street Residential, Inc., a Maryland corporation and Trade Street Operating Partnership, L.P. (incorporated by reference to
Exhibit 2.1 to IRTs Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 12, 2015). |
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Voting Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2015, by and between Independence Realty Trust, Inc. and Senator Global Opportunity Intermediate Fund LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to IRTs Current Report
on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 12, 2015). |
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Voting Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2015, by and between Independence Realty Trust, Inc. and Senator Global Opportunity Fund LP (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to IRTs Current Report on Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on May 12, 2015). |
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Voting Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2015, by and between Independence Realty Trust, Inc. and Monarch Debt Recovery Master Fund Ltd, Monarch Opportunities Master Fund Ltd, MCP Holdings Master LP, Monarch Capital
Master Partners II LP, P Monarch Recovery Ltd and Monarch Alternative Solutions Master Fund Ltd (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to IRTs Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 12, 2015). |
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SIGNATURE
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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Date: May 21, 2015 |
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Independence Realty Trust, Inc. |
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/s/ James J. Sebra |
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James J. Sebra |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Annex 1
Information Concerning Executive Officers and Directors
of Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
The
current corporate officers and directors of IRT are listed below. The current business address of each person is Cira Centre, 2929 Arch Street, 17th Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, and
the current phone number is (215) 243-9000. Unless otherwise noted, each of the individuals listed below is, to IRTs knowledge, a United States citizen.
1. Officers of IRT
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Present Position with IRT |
Scott F. Schaeffer |
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Chief Executive Officer |
James J. Sebra |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Farrell M. Ender |
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President |
2. Directors of IRT
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Present Position/Principal Occupation or Employment |
Scott F. Schaeffer |
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Chief Executive Officer, IRT |
William C. Dunkelberg, Ph.D |
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Retired, former Professor of Economics |
Robert F. McCadden |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust |
DeForest B. Soaries, Jr. |
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Director, Federal Home Loan Bank of New York |
Sharon M. Tsao |
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Executive Officer, Contemporary Staffing Solutions, Inc. |
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