Current Report Filing (8-k)

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):

June 23 , 2017

FORESTAR GROUP INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		001-33662		26-1336998
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification Number)

6300 Bee Cave Road, Building Two, Suite 500, Austin, Texas 78746

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(512) 433-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Second Amendment to the Merger Agreement

On June 22, 2017, Forestar Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Second Amendment”) to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 13, 2017 and as amended on June 21, 2017 (such agreement as so amended, the “Merger Agreement”) by and among Terra Firma Merger Parent, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent”), and Terra Firma Merger Sub, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the Company. Parent and Merger Sub are affiliates of Starwood Capital Group (“Starwood”). Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, the Company will merge with and into Merger Sub (the “Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent.

The Second Amendment provides for an increase in the per share merger consideration to be paid to the Company’s stockholders from $15.50 per share in cash, without interest, to $16.00 per share in cash, without interest.

Other than as expressly modified pursuant to the Second Amendment and Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement, dated June 21, 2017, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on June 22, 2017, the Merger Agreement, which was filed as Exhibit 2.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company on April 14, 2017, remains in full force and effect as originally executed on April 13, 2017. The foregoing description of the Second Amendment is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Second Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

2.1

Amendment No. 2 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 22, 2017

SIGNATURE

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 hereunto duly authorized.