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): May 7, 2009

 

 

iStar Financial Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (212) 930-9400

 

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):

 

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

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

 

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

ITEM 8.01

Other Events.

 

On May 7, 2009, iStar Financial Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing, among other things, the final results of its previously announced private offers to exchange a portion of the Company’s existing senior unsecured notes for new second-lien senior secured notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by certain of its subsidiaries, as well as the Company’s cash tender offer to purchase a portion of its outstanding Series B Senior Floating Rate Notes due September 2009 (the “September 2009 Notes”).  The exchange offers and the cash tender offer (collectively, the “Offers”) each expired at midnight, New York City time, on May 6, 2009.  The Company anticipates that the settlement date of the Offers will be May 8, 2009.

 

A copy of the press release announcing the results and expiration of the offers is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

ITEM 9.01	Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 99.1	Press Release dated May 7, 2009

 

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

		iSTAR FINANCIAL INC.
Date:   May 7, 2009		By:	/s/ Jay Sugarman
			Jay Sugarman
			Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Date:   May 7, 2009		By:	/s/ James D. Burns
			James D. Burns
			Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release dated May 7, 2009

 

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