-----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, T1T8rEH9OZ7sF0gOKfj6/oePdaEFMfExBOHdXCbg5YMJNExDIf0Vz6to1SUtpSsU gGOkmcQcch8GHTtrUVG2Sw== 0000950124-07-005697.txt : 20071109 0000950124-07-005697.hdr.sgml : 20071109 20071109060633 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950124-07-005697 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20071108 ITEM INFORMATION: Regulation FD Disclosure ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20071109 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20071109 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000895648 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 421283895 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-11656 FILM NUMBER: 071228053 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 N WACKER DRIVE STREET 2: STE 3100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 3129605000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 N WACKER DRIVE STREET 2: STE 3100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 8-K 1 c21456e8vk.htm CURRENT REPORT e8vk
 

 
 
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 Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)
November 8, 2007
General Growth Properties, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

         
Delaware   1-11656   42-1283895
         
(State or other
jurisdiction of
incorporation)
  (Commission
File Number)
  (I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number)
110 N. Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(312) 960-5000
(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:
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ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.
On November 8, 2007, General Growth Properties, Inc. (“GGP“) issued a press release announcing a verdict relating to a claim involving Caruso Affiliated Holding LLC and Glendale Galleria, a California mall owned by our GGP Homart II joint venture, of which we own fifty percent. A copy of such press release is being furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
     
Exhibit No.   Description
 
   
99.1
  Press Release titled “General Growth Properties announces Jury Verdict and Adjustments to Third Quarter 2007 Results” dated November 8, 2007 (furnished herewith).

 


 

SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Bernard Freibaum    
    Bernard Freibaum   
    Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer 
 
 
Date: November 8, 2007

 


 

EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit
Number
  Name
 
   
99.1
  Press Release titled “General Growth Properties announces Jury Verdict and Adjustments to Third Quarter 2007 Results” dated November 8, 2007 (furnished herewith).

 

EX-99.1 2 c21456exv99w1.htm PRESS RELEASE exv99w1
 

EXHIBIT 99.1
     
 
  General Growth Properties, Inc.
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
  110 N. Wacker Dr.
 
Chicago, Illinois 60606
 
312.960.5000 TEL
 
312.960.5484 FAX
GENERAL GROWTH PROPERTIES ANNOUNCES
JURY VERDICT AND ADJUSTMENT TO THIRD
QUARTER 2007 RESULTS
Chicago, Illinois, November 8, 2007 — General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP) announced today a jury verdict in the amount of $74,225,017, plus to-be-determined punitive damages, relating to a claim involving Caruso Affiliated Holdings LLC and Glendale Galleria, a California mall owned by our GGP/Homart II joint venture of which we own 50 percent.
“We are obviously disappointed with this result” said John Bucksbaum, CEO of GGP.
GGP will record its fifty percent share of the verdict as an adjustment to our equity in earnings of our Unconsolidated Real Estate Affiliates. As a result, previously reported Core Funds From Operations per fully diluted share for the third quarter of 2007 will be reduced from $0.80 to $0.68. Previously reported fully diluted Funds From Operations will be reduced from $0.83 to $0.70 and earnings per share-diluted will be reduced from $0.09 to a loss of $0.04. GGP’s Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission tomorrow, will reflect this adjustment.
In addition, as a result of this adjustment, we currently project 2007 Core FFO per share to be in the range of $3.13 to $3.16 per share.
ABOUT GGP
General Growth Properties, Inc. is one of the largest U.S.-based publicly traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) based upon market capitalization. The Company currently has ownership interest in, or management responsibility for, a portfolio of more than 200 regional shopping malls in 45 states, as well as ownership in master planned community developments and commercial office buildings. The Company’s portfolio totals approximately 200 million square feet and includes over 24,000 retail stores nationwide. The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GGP. For more information, please visit the Company website at http://www.ggp.com.

 


 

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements, including our 2007 Core FFO per fully diluted share guidance. Actual results may differ materially from the results suggested by these forward-looking statements, for a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, the retail market, tenant occupancy and tenant bankruptcies, the level of indebtedness and interest rates, market conditions, land sales in the Master Planned Communities segment, the cost and success of development and re-development projects and our ability to successfully manage growth. Readers are referred to the documents filed by General Growth Properties, Inc. with the SEC, specifically the most recent report on Form 10-K, which further identify the important risk factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this release. The Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.
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