-----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, LCTrezi/WUce6F2dLC1bOsed+lQhu2duIWzMg9xRTnh+W9pe8/YbuhKQgafo68aR mpDEGdRpjhZ/75F7UtfHQQ== 0001193125-10-278484.txt : 20101210 0001193125-10-278484.hdr.sgml : 20101210 20101210165652 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-278484 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13G PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20101210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101210 GROUP MEMBERS: BRUCE R. BERKOWITZ GROUP MEMBERS: FAIRHOLME FUNDS, INC. SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: General Growth Properties, Inc. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001496048 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 272963337 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-85755 FILM NUMBER: 101245577 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 N. WACKER DRIVE CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 312-960-5000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 110 N. WACKER DRIVE CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: New GGP, Inc. DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100706 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FAIRHOLME CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001056831 IRS NUMBER: 223526594 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13G BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33137 BUSINESS PHONE: 305-358-3000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4400 BISCAYNE BOULEVARD STREET 2: 9TH FLOOR CITY: MIAMI STATE: FL ZIP: 33137 SC 13G 1 dsc13g.htm SCHEDULE 13G Schedule 13G

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13G

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No.     )*

 

 

General Growth Properties, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

 

 

Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

370023103

(CUSIP Number)

November 30, 2010

(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which this Schedule is filed:

x Rule 13d-1(b)

¨ Rule 13d-1(c)

¨ Rule 13d-1(d)

 

* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person’s initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (“Act”) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 


 

 

CUSIP No. 370023103

 

  (1)   

Name of reporting persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.

  (2)  

Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  (3)  

SEC use only

 

  (4)  

Citizenship or place of organization

 

Delaware

Number of

shares

beneficially

owned by

each

reporting

person

with:

   (5)    

Sole voting power

 

0

   (6)   

Shared voting power

 

115,094,363*

   (7)   

Sole dispositive power

 

0

   (8)   

Shared dispositive power

 

115,094,363

  (9)

 

Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

 

115,094,363

(10)

 

Check box if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions)

¨

 

(11)

 

Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9)

 

12.0%**

(12)

 

Type of reporting person (see instructions)

 

IA

* Pursuant to the Standstill Agreement, dated November 9, 2010 (the “Standstill Agreement”), between The Fairholme Fund, a series of Fairholme Funds, Inc., (the “Fund”), and General Growth Properties, Inc. (“GGP”), in connection with any GGP stockholder meeting or consent solicitation, if the Fund, the Fund’s controlled affiliates, which does not include GGP or any of GGP’s subsidiaries, (the “Fund Parties”), and the Fund’s non-controlled affiliates, including Fairholme Focused Income Fund and any other mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, managed by Fairholme Capital Management L.L.C. other than the Fund, but not any Investor Investment Advisor (as defined in the Standstill Agreement), (the “Subject Parties”), collectively have voting control over a number of shares of GGP common stock in excess of 10% of the number of shares of GGP common stock outstanding as of the applicable record date, then the Fund must, and must cause the Fund Parties to, vote all shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control in excess of 10% in proportion to the votes cast by GGP’s stockholders (excluding any votes cast with respect to shares if the holder of such shares is contractually required to vote in proportion to the total number of votes cast pursuant to the Standstill Agreement or the Brookfield Standstill Agreement or the Pershing Square Standstill Agreement (in each case, as defined in the Standstill Agreement) or any transferee agreement executed in connection with the foregoing), provided that the number of shares of GGP common stock to be voted by the Fund and the Fund Parties in proportion to the foregoing votes cast by GGP’s stockholderders will be increased by the number of shares of GGP common stock that may be voted by the Subject Persons (up to the number of shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control).

** This calculation is based on 961,401,297 shares of GGP’s common stock outstanding as reported on the Form 424(b)(3) filed by GGP on December 1, 2010 (“Prospectus”), which includes 24,390,044 shares of common stock that GGP intends to repurchase with the net proceeds of its recent equity offering.


 

 

CUSIP No. 370023103

 

  (1)   

Name of reporting persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Bruce R. Berkowitz

  (2)  

Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  (3)  

SEC use only

 

  (4)  

Citizenship or place of organization

 

United States

Number of

shares

beneficially

owned by

each

reporting

person

with:

   (5)    

Sole voting power

 

0

   (6)   

Shared voting power

 

115,094,363*

   (7)   

Sole dispositive power

 

0

   (8)   

Shared dispositive power

 

115,094,363

  (9)

 

Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

 

115,094,363

(10)

 

Check box if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions)

 

¨

(11)

 

Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9)

 

12.0%**

(12)

 

Type of reporting person (see instructions)

 

IN, HC

* Pursuant to the Standstill Agreement, in connection with any GGP stockholder meeting or consent solicitation, if the Fund, the Fund Parties, and the Subject Parties, collectively have voting control over a number of shares of GGP common stock in excess of 10% of the number of shares of GGP common stock outstanding as of the applicable record date, then the Fund must, and must cause the Fund Parties to, vote all shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control in excess of 10% in proportion to the votes cast by GGP’s stockholders (excluding any votes cast with respect to shares if the holder of such shares is contractually required to vote in proportion to the total number of votes cast pursuant to the Standstill Agreement or the Brookfield Standstill Agreement or the Pershing Square Standstill Agreement (in each case, as defined in the Standstill Agreement) or any transferee agreement executed in connection with the foregoing), provided that the number of shares of GGP common stock to be voted by the Fund and the Fund Parties in proportion to the foregoing votes cast by GGP’s stockholderders will be increased by the number of shares of GGP common stock that may be voted by the Subject Persons (up to the number of shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control).

** This calculation is based on 961,401,297 shares of GGP’s common stock outstanding as reported in the Prospectus, which includes 24,390,044 shares of common stock that GGP intends to repurchase with the net proceeds of its recent equity offering.


 

CUSIP No. 370023103

 

  (1)   

Name of reporting persons

I.R.S. Identification Nos. of above persons (entities only)

 

Fairholme Funds, Inc.

  (2)  

Check the appropriate box if a member of a group (see instructions)

(a)  ¨        (b)  x

 

  (3)  

SEC use only

 

  (4)  

Citizenship or place of organization

 

Maryland

Number of

shares

beneficially

owned by

each

reporting

person

with:

   (5)    

Sole voting power

 

0

   (6)   

Shared voting power

 

115,094,363*

   (7)   

Sole dispositive power

 

0

   (8)   

Shared dispositive power

 

115,094,363

  (9)

 

Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person

 

115,094,363

(10)

 

Check box if the aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares (see instructions)

 

¨

(11)

 

Percent of class represented by amount in Row (9)

 

12.0%**

(12)

 

Type of reporting person (see instructions)

 

IV

* Pursuant to the Standstill Agreement, in connection with any GGP stockholder meeting or consent solicitation, if the Fund, the Fund Parties, and the Subject Parties, collectively have voting control over a number of shares of GGP common stock in excess of 10% of the number of shares of GGP common stock outstanding as of the applicable record date, then the Fund must, and must cause the Fund Parties to, vote all shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control in excess of 10% in proportion to the votes cast by GGP’s stockholders (excluding any votes cast with respect to shares if the holder of such shares is contractually required to vote in proportion to the total number of votes cast pursuant to the Standstill Agreement or the Brookfield Standstill Agreement or the Pershing Square Standstill Agreement (in each case, as defined in the Standstill Agreement) or any transferee agreement executed in connection with the foregoing), provided that the number of shares of GGP common stock to be voted by the Fund and the Fund Parties in proportion to the foregoing votes cast by GGP’s stockholderders will be increased by the number of shares of GGP common stock that may be voted by the Subject Persons (up to the number of shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control).

** This calculation is based on 961,401,297 shares of GGP’s common stock outstanding as reported in the Prospectus, which includes 24,390,044 shares of common stock that GGP intends to repurchase with the net proceeds of its recent equity offering.


Item 1.

     (a).       Name of Issuer:
     

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     (b).       Address of issuer’s principal executive offices:
     

110 N. Wacker Dr., Chicago, Illinois 60606

Item 2.

     (a).       Name of person filing:
      Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.
      Bruce R. Berkowitz
     

Fairholme Funds, Inc.

     (b).       Address or principal business office or, if none, residence:
      Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.
      4400 Biscayne Boulevard, 9th Floor
      Miami, FL 33137
      United States of America
      Bruce R. Berkowitz
      c/o Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.
      4400 Biscayne Boulevard, 9th Floor
      Miami, FL 33137
      United States of America
      Fairholme Funds, Inc.
      c/o Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.
      4400 Biscayne Boulevard, 9th Floor
      Miami, FL 33137
     

United States of America

     (c).       Citizenship:
      Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C. – Delaware
      Bruce R. Berkowitz – United States of America
     

Fairholme Funds, Inc. – Maryland

     (d).       Title of class of securities:
     

Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share

     (e).       CUSIP No.:
     

370023103


Item 3.    If This Statement is filed pursuant to §§.240.13d-1(b) or 240.13d-2(b), or (c), check

whether the person filing is a

   (a)    ¨    Broker or dealer registered under section 15 of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78o).
   (b)    ¨    Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
   (c)    ¨    Insurance company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the Act (15 U.S.C. 78c).
   (d)    x    Investment company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-8).
   (e)    x    An investment adviser in accordance with § 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E);
   (f)    ¨    An employee benefit plan or endowment fund in accordance with § 240.13d- 1(b)(1)(ii)(F);
   (g)    x    A parent holding company or control person in accordance with §240.13d- 1(b)(1)(ii)(G);
   (h)    ¨    A savings association as defined in Section 3(b) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C.1813);
   (i)    ¨    A church plan that is excluded from the definition of an investment company under section 3(c)(14) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-3);
   (j)    ¨    A non-U.S. institution in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J);
   (k)    ¨    Group, in accordance with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(K). If filing as a non-U.S. institution with §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), please specify the type of institution:
Item 4.    Ownership.      
   Provide the following information regarding the aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the issuer identified in Item 1.
115,094,363 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of GGP are owned, in the aggregate, by various investment vehicles and accounts managed by Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C. (“FCM”), of which 113,869,556 shares are owned by The Fairholme Fund, and 1,224,807 shares are owned by Fairholme Focused Income Fund, each a series of Fairholme Funds, Inc. Because Bruce Berkowitz, in his capacity as the Managing Member of FCM or as President of Fairholme Funds, Inc., has voting or dispositive power over all shares beneficially owned by FCM, he is deemed to have beneficial ownership of all such shares so reported herein.
While the advisory relationship causes attribution to Bruce Berkowitz, Fairholme Funds, Inc. or FCM of certain indicia of beneficial ownership for the limited purpose of this Schedule 13G, Bruce Berkowitz, Fairholme Funds, Inc. and FCM hereby disclaim ownership of these shares for purposes of interpretations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or for any other purpose, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest.
   (a)    Amount beneficially owned:
      Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C. – 115,094,363
      Bruce R. Berkowitz – 115,094,363
      Fairholme Funds, Inc. – 115,094,363
       

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

(b)    Percent of class:
   Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C. – 12.0%**
   Bruce R. Berkowitz – 12.0%**
  

Fairholme Funds, Inc. – 12.0%**

(c)   

Numberof shares as to which Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C. has:

   (i)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the vote    0
          
   (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote    115,094,363*
          
   (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of    0
          
   (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of    115,094,363
          
   Number of shares as to which Bruce R. Berkowitz:
   (i)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the vote    0
          
   (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote    115,094,363*
          
   (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of    0
          
   (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of    115,094,363
          
   Number of shares as to which Fairholme Funds, Inc.:
   (i)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the vote    0
          
   (ii)    Shared power to vote or to direct the vote    115,094,363*
          
   (iii)    Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of    0
          
   (iv)    Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of    115,094,363
          

* Pursuant to the Standstill Agreement, in connection with any GGP stockholder meeting or consent solicitation, if the Fund, the Fund Parties, and the Subject Parties, collectively have voting control over a number of shares of GGP common stock in excess of 10% of the number of shares of GGP common stock outstanding as of the applicable record date, then the Fund must, and must cause the Fund Parties to, vote all shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control in excess of 10% in proportion to the votes cast by GGP’s stockholders (excluding any votes cast with respect to shares if the holder of such shares is contractually required to vote in proportion to the total number of votes cast pursuant to the Standstill Agreement or the Brookfield Standstill Agreement or the Pershing Square Standstill Agreement (in each case, as defined in the Standstill Agreement) or any transferee agreement executed in connection with the foregoing), provided that the number of shares of GGP common stock to be voted by the Fund and the Fund Parties in proportion to the foregoing votes cast by GGP’s stockholderders will be increased by the number of shares of GGP common stock that may be voted by the Subject Persons (up to the number of shares of GGP common stock over which the Fund and the Fund Parties have voting control).

** This calculation is based on 961,401,297 shares of GGP’s common stock outstanding as reported in the Prospectus, which includes 24,390,044 shares of common stock that GGP intends to repurchase with the net proceeds of its recent equity offering.

Instruction: For computations regarding securities which represent a right to acquire an underlying security see §240.13d-3(d)(1).


 

Item 5.    Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.
   If this statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five percent of the class of securities, check the following  ¨.
  

N/A

Item 6.    Ownership of More Than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
   If any other person is known to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, such securities, a statement to that effect should be included in response to this item and, if such interest relates to more than 5 percent of the class, such person should be identified. A listing of the shareholders of an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or the beneficiaries of employee benefit plan, pension fund or endowment fund is not required.
  

N/A

Item 7.    Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent Holding Company or Control Person.
   If a parent holding company or control person has filed this schedule, pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G), so indicate under Item 3(g) and attach an exhibit stating the identity and the Item 3 classification of the relevant subsidiary. If a parent holding company or control person has filed this schedule pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) or Rule 13d-1(d), attach an exhibit stating the identification of the relevant subsidiary.
  

N/A

Item 8.    Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
   If a group has filed this schedule pursuant to §240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(J), so indicate under Item 3(j) and attach an exhibit stating the identity and Item 3 classification of each member of the group. If a group has filed this schedule pursuant to Rule 13d-1(c) or Rule 13d-1(d), attach an exhibit stating the identity of each member of the group.
  

N/A

Item 9.    Notice of Dissolution of Group.
   Notice of dissolution of a group may be furnished as an exhibit stating the date of the dissolution and that all further filings with respect to transactions in the security reported on will be filed, if required, by members of the group, in their individual capacity. See Item 5.
  

N/A


Item 10.    Certification.
   By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.
    

 


SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

 

Bruce R. Berkowitz

  By:

/s/ Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson

(Attorney-in-fact)

Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.

  By:

/s/ Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson

(Attorney-in-fact)

Fairholme Funds, Inc.

  By:

/s/ Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson

(Attorney-in-fact)

Date: December 10, 2010


EXHIBIT A

AGREEMENT

The undersigned agree that this Schedule 13G, dated December 10, 2010, relating to the Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share of General Growth Properties, Inc., shall be filed on behalf of the undersigned.

 

Bruce R. Berkowitz

  By:

/s/ Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson

(Attorney-in-fact)

Fairholme Capital Management, L.L.C.

  By:

/s/ Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson

(Attorney-in-fact)

Fairholme Funds, Inc.

  By:

/s/ Paul Thomson

Paul Thomson

(Attorney-in-fact)


LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and appoints Paul R Thomson, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his capacity as Managing Member of Fairholme Capital Management, LLC, for the sole purpose of signing on his behalf any and all Regulatory Filings under the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and any amendments and supplements thereto, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to accomplish the above, as fully as to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, and may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney shall continue effective until revoked by me at any time.

Dated this 29th day of April, 2010.

/s/ Bruce R. Berkowitz

Bruce R. Berkowitz

Fairholme Capital Management, LLC

Managing Member

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