INTRODUCTION
This Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13E-3 (together with the exhibits hereto, this “Final Amended Schedule 13E-3” or “Final Amended Transaction Statement”), which amends and supplements the Rule 13e-3 Transaction Statement on Schedule 13E-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 16, 2024 (the “Initial Schedule 13E-3”), is being filed with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”), jointly by the following persons (each, a “Filing Person,” and collectively, the “Filing Persons”): (i) Tricon Residential Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario and the issuer of the common shares, no par value (the “Shares”) that is subject to the Rule 13e-3 transaction (“Tricon” or the “Corporation”); (ii) Creedence Acquisition ULC, an unlimited liability company organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia (“Creedence” or the “Purchaser”), an entity formed to effect the acquisition of the Corporation by Blackstone Real Estate Partners X L.P. (“BREP X”) and Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“BREIT”, and collectively with BREP X and their respective affiliates, including the Purchaser, “Blackstone”); (iii) BCORE Preferred Holdco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BREIT Shareholder”); (iv) BREP X, a Delaware limited partnership; (v) BREIT, a Maryland corporation; (vi) BREIT Operating Partnership L.P., a Delaware limited partnership; (vii) Creedence Intermediate Holdings Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia; and (viii) Blackstone Real Estate Associates X L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.
This Final Amended Transaction Statement relates to the Arrangement Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Arrangement Agreement”), which the Corporation and the Purchaser entered into on January 18, 2024, pursuant to which, on May 1, 2024, the Purchaser acquired all of the issued and outstanding Shares of the Corporation through a Plan of Arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”) pursuant to Section 182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (“OBCA”), and the Corporation became a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Purchaser (the “Arrangement”). A copy of the Plan of Arrangement is included as Appendix “B” to the Management Information Circular, which is attached as Exhibit (a)(2)(i) hereto (the “Circular”).
This Final Amended Schedule 13E-3 is being filed pursuant to Rule 13e-3(d)(3) under the Exchange Act to report the results of the transaction that is the subject of the Initial Schedule 13E-3.
Capitalized terms used but not expressly defined in this Final Amended Schedule 13E-3 are given the respective meanings given to them in the Circular or the Initial Schedule 13E-3, as applicable.
Except as otherwise set forth herein, the information set forth in the Initial Schedule 13E-3 remains unchanged and is incorporated by reference into this Final Amended Transaction Statement. All information set forth in this Final Amended Transaction Statement should be read together with the information contained or incorporated by reference in the Initial Schedule 13E-3.
All information concerning the Corporation contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this Final Amended Schedule 13E-3 was supplied by the Corporation. Similarly, all information concerning each other Filing Person contained in, or incorporated by reference into, this Final Amended Schedule 13E-3 was supplied by such Filing Person. No Filing Person, including the Corporation, is responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information supplied by any other Filing Person.