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):		January 29, 2013

 

Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware	001-11981			52-1449733
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission			______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)			Identification No.)
621 E Pratt Street, Suite 600, Baltimore, Maryland				21202
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)				___________ (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:			(443) 263-2900

Not Applicable
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Former name or former address, if changed since last report

 

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Item 3.02.    Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

 

On January 29, 2013, MuniMae TE Bond Subsidiary, LLC ("TE Bond Sub"), a subsidiary of Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC, executed a share purchase agreement in which TE Bond Sub agreed to issue $74.0 million of 5.0% Series A-5 Cumulative Mandatorily Redeemable Preferred Shares with a $2,000,000 liquidation preference per share (“Series A-5”) in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers, which we anticipate to close on February 5, 2013. The offering is exempt from the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), by virtue of Section 4(2) of the Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public offering.

 

The Series A-5 Preferred Shares will receive quarterly distributions beginning April 30, 2013, will receive partial liquidation preference payments of $25,000 per share per quarter beginning July 31, 2013, will be subject to remarketing on January 31, 2018, and will mature and be subject to mandatory redemption on April 30, 2028. In the event of a failed remarketing on January 31, 2018 or any subsequent remarketing date, the rate will reset to two times the 10-year MMD Yield (as published by Municipal Market Data, or its equivalent, for a non-callable high grade municipal bond with a 10-year maturity) under the heading “Baa”; provided, however, in no event will the failed remarketing rate be less than the 5.0% initial distribution rate. As of January 31, 2013 the 10-year “Baa” MMD Yield was 3.27%.

 

The net offering proceeds after deduction of the initial purchaser's discount of $740,000 and other offering expenses will primarily be used to redeem the existing Series A, A-3 and C preferred shares in full with an early redemption premium. Concurrently with the closing of the Series A-5 offering, TE Bond Sub expects to purchase and retire one share of the existing Series D preferred shares at 80% of par plus accrued interest. The aggregate liquidation preference of all preferred shares being redeemed or retired is currently $70.2 million. As a result of the transactions, we anticipate that our initial annualized distributions and partial liquidation preference payments due to the TE Bond Sub preferred shareholders will be reduced by approximately $1.9 million and $1.1 million, respectively, as compared to the quarter ended December 31, 2012.

 

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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.

 

		Municipal Mortgage & Equity, LLC
February 4, 2013		By:		/s/ Michael L. Falcone
				Name: Michael L. Falcone
				Title: Chief Executive Officer and President