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): February 24, 2015
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 1-14788 | 94-6181186 | ||
| (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
345 Park Avenue, 42nd Floor
New York, New York 10154
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 655-0220
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.
On February 24, 2015, Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. (the “Company”) and a special-purpose wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Seller”) entered into Amendment No. 1 to the Master Repurchase Agreement with Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, that was originally entered into as of June 27, 2014, in order to: (i) increase the facility amount from $500.0 million to $750.0 million; and (ii) extend the availability period to February 24, 2016 and the final maturity date to February 24, 2021 (assuming the exercise of the Seller’s existing five one-year extension options). All other material terms remain the same.
The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of such section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, unless specifically incorporated by reference into any such filing. This Current Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in this Current Report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
SIGNATURE
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.
| BLACKSTONE MORTGAGE TRUST, INC. | ||||||
| Date: February 26, 2015 |
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| By: | /s/ Randall S. Rothschild | |||||
| Name: | Randall S. Rothschild | |||||
| Title: | Secretary and Managing Director, Head of Legal and Compliance | |||||