-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N0Zr3lygLZ7KUJsfR71SAn4Zf/QqeIgNdKvPgJUGaNsXYr7meUimARDW2tezuVSu FNkHeHpzMhJUPPkhb24Vqw== 0001038222-07-000005.txt : 20070403 0001038222-07-000005.hdr.sgml : 20070403 20070403154938 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001038222-07-000005 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 425 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070403 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070403 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WELLSFORD REAL PROPERTIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001038222 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 133926898 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-12917 FILM NUMBER: 07744181 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 535 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2128383400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 535 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WELLSFORD REAL PROPERTIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001038222 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 133926898 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 425 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 535 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2128383400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 535 MADISON AVENUE STREET 2: 26TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 425 1 form8k_apr3-07.htm WRP Form 8K

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): April 3, 2007 (March 30, 2007)

WELLSFORD REAL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-12917

13-3926898

(Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

535 Madison Avenue, New York, NY

10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

(212) 838-3400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A

(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 (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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|_| Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 30, 2007, Wellsford Real Properties, Inc. (the "Company") entered into an amendment ("Amendment No. 1") to the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated October 11, 2006, by and among the Company, Reis Services LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("Merger Sub"), and Reis, Inc. ("Reis"), whereby the parties agreed to extend the date after which either the Company or Reis may terminate the Merger Agreement if the merger has not been consummated by that date. The date was changed from April 30, 2007 to May 31, 2007. Amendment No. 1 also corrected errors in an exhibit. A copy of Amendment No. 1 is filed as Exhibit 2.1 to this report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 
  2.1 Amendment No. 1 to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 30, 2007, by and among Wellsford Real Properties, Inc., Reis Services, LLC, and Reis, Inc.

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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 hereunto duly authorized.


WELLSFORD REAL PROPERTIES, INC.

  By: /s/ Mark P. Cantaluppi
    Mark P. Cantaluppi
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer


Date: April 3, 2007    

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EX-2 2 exhibita.htm WRP Amendment No. 1 to Merger Agreement
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
MERGER AGREEMENT


          This AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment No. 1”), dated as of March 30, 2007, to the Merger Agreement, dated as of October 11, 2006 (the “Merger Agreement”), is by and among Reis, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Wellsford Real Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), and Reis Services LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Company, Parent, and Merger Sub are parties to the Merger Agreement;

          WHEREAS, the Company, Parent, and Merger Sub desire to amend the Merger Agreement as set forth herein; and

          WHEREAS, terms used herein but not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendments to the Agreement.

  1.1 Section 8.1(b) of the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

“(b)        by the Company or Parent at any time after May 31, 2007 if the Merger shall not have been consummated on or before such date; provided that the right to terminate the Agreement under this clause (b) shall not be available to any party whose breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement under this Agreement has been the cause of or resulted in the failure of the Merger to be consummated on or before such date;"

2. Amendments to Exhibits.

  2.1 Exhibit 2.5 to the Merger Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety by replacing such Exhibit 2.5 with Exhibit A attached hereto.

3. Miscellaneous.

  3.1 Full Force and Effect; Reservation of Rights. Except as specifically set forth in this Amendment No. 1, the Merger Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed. The parties acknowledge and agree that the execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 1 shall in no way limit or waive, or be deemed to limit or waive, any other terms, conditions, rights or covenants in the Merger Agreement.


  3.2 Divisions and Headings. The divisions of this Amendment No. 1 into sections and subsections and the use of captions and headings in connection therewith are solely for convenience and shall have no legal effect in construing the provisions of this Agreement.

  3.3 Governing Law. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule that would cause the application of the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

  3.4 Counterparts; Facsimile. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts. All of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other party.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, have caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Merger Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized representatives as of the date first written above.

  REIS, INC.

By:


/s/ Jonathan T. Garfield

    Name: Jonathan T. Garfield
    Title: Executive Vice President

  WELLSFORD REAL PROPERTIES, INC.

  By: /s/ Mark P. Cantaluppi
    Name: Mark P. Cantaluppi
    Title: VP - Chief Financial Officer

  REIS SERVICES LLC

  By: /s/ Mark P. Cantaluppi
    Name: Mark P. Cantaluppi
    Title: VP - Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT A

EXHIBIT 2.5

Name Position
Lloyd Lynford President, Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer
Jonathan Garfield Executive Vice President and Secretary
Jeffrey H. Lynford Chairman
William Sander Chief Operating Officer and Assistant Secretary
Mark P. Cantaluppi Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary
Michael Richardson Vice President, Sales
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