Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): March 29, 2019

Retail Value Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


Ohio	1-38517	84-4182996
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3300 Enterprise Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio		44122
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (216) 755-5500

Not Applicable

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

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

Subsidiaries of Retail Value Inc., an Ohio corporation, have entered into an amendment with the lenders to modify the interest rate applicable to the $900 million mortgage refinancing that closed on March 11, 2019. The weighted average interest rate on the notes issued by the subsidiaries in connection with the refinancing will be equal to one-month LIBOR plus 230 basis points, which is below the refinancing’s initial rate of one-month LIBOR plus 250 basis points and the previous loan’s initial rate of one-month LIBOR plus 315 basis points.

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 hereunto duly authorized.