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): March 9, 2010

EQUITY ONE, INC.

 

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

001-13499		52-1794271
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1600 NE Miami Gardens Drive North Miami Beach, Florida		33179
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(305) 947-1664

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

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

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Item 1.01		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

     On March 9, 2010, Equity One, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), entered into common stock purchase agreements (the “Common Stock Purchase Agreements”) with each of MGN America, LLC (“MGN”) and Silver Maple (2001), Inc. (“SMI” and together with MGN, the “Purchasers”), entities affiliated with the Company’s largest stockholder, Gazit-Globe, Ltd., and which may be deemed to be controlled by Chaim Katzman, the chairman of the Company’s board of directors, to purchase an aggregate of 600,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”), at the indicative price per share established by the underwriter in the public offering of the Company’s Common Stock described below. The closing of the transaction (the “Concurrent Sale”) was conditioned upon the substantially simultaneous consummation of the public offering described below.

     Concurrently with the execution of the Common Stock Purchase Agreements, the Company and the Purchasers entered into a registration rights agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The Registration Rights Agreement provides that at any time beginning six months after the consummation of the Concurrent Sale, and subject to certain limitations, the Purchasers can request that the Company file up to two registration statements registering all or a portion of their registrable shares. The Registration Rights Agreement also provides customary “piggyback” registration rights pursuant to which each Purchaser may include its shares in certain registration statements filed by the Company. The Company is required to pay all fees and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, relating to the registration of the Purchasers’ shares pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

     On March 9, 2010, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with respect to the issue and sale of 4,200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (the “Public Offering”). The Company also granted the underwriter an option to purchase up to 630,000 additional shares of Common Stock to cover over-allotments, which option was exercised in full by the underwriter on March 11, 2010. The shares of Common Stock were registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Company’s shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-158195), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2009, and were offered to the public at the indicative price established by the underwriter of $18.40 per share.

     Both the Public Offering and the Concurrent Sale were consummated on March 15, 2010.

     The foregoing description of the Common Stock Purchase Agreements, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Common Stock Purchase Agreements, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Underwriting Agreement, which are filed as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2, Exhibit 10.3 and Exhibit 1.1, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K, and each of which is incorporated by reference in this Item 1.01.

Item 9.01		Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

	1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, between Equity One, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
	5.1		Opinion of Venable LLP.
	10.1		Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, between Equity One, Inc. and MGN America, LLC.
	10.2		Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, between Equity One, Inc. and Silver Maple (2001), Inc.
	10.3		Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, by and among Equity One, Inc., MGN America, LLC and Silver Maple (2001), Inc.
	23.1		Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).

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.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number				Description of Exhibit
	1.1			Underwriting Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, between Equity One, Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
	5.1			Opinion of Venable LLP.
	10.1			Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, between Equity One, Inc. and MGN America, LLC.
	10.2			Common Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, between Equity One, Inc. and Silver Maple (2001), Inc.
	10.3			Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 9, 2010, by and among Equity One, Inc., MGN America, LLC and Silver Maple (2001), Inc.
	23.1			Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).