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): December 17, 2014 (December 11, 2014)
Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Maryland | 333-195292 | 83-0511223 | ||
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
1985 Cedar Bridge Avenue, Suite 1
Lakewood, New Jersey 08701
(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (732) 367-0129
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| Item 8.01 | Other Events |
On December 11, 2014, Lightstone Value Plus Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. (the “Company”), having received and accepted subscriptions for more than 200,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Shares”) (excluding Common Shares purchased by New York, Tennessee and Pennsylvania investors), broke general escrow and issued Common Shares to its initial investors. As part of this general escrow break, the Company issued $2.0 million in Common Shares at a purchase price of $9.00 per Common Share to an entity 100% owned by David Lichtenstein, who also owns a majority interest in the Company’s sponsor, The Lightstone Group, LLC. Subscriptions from residents of New York, Tennessee and Pennsylvania will be held in escrow until the Company has received aggregate subscriptions of at least $2.5 million, $20.0 million and $75.0 million, respectively, in aggregate gross proceeds from all investors.
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.
| LIGHTSTONE VALUE PLUS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC. | |||
| Date: December 17, 2014 | By: | /s/ Donna Brandin | |
| Donna Brandin | |||
| Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer | |||