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): May 4, 2009
FORESTAR GROUP INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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001-33662
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26-1336998 |
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Identification No.) |
6300 Bee Cave Road, Building Two, Suite 500
Austin, Texas 78746
(Address of Principal Executive Officers including Zip Code)
(512) 433-5200
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code)
None
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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ITEM 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On May 4, 2009, Forestar Group Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing, as part
of its strategic initiatives designed to enhance shareholder value, that its wholly owned
subsidiary, Forestar (USA) Real Estate Group Inc. (“Forestar Real Estate”), had entered into a
definitive agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Hancock
Timber Resource Group division of Hancock Natural Resource Group, Inc. (“Hancock”) to
sell to Hancock, acting on behalf of its investor clients, approximately 75,000 acres of timberlands located in Alabama and Georgia (the “Timberlands”) for a cash purchase price of $120
million.
Forestar Real Estate will retain all mineral rights with respect to the Timberlands, although
it will not retain any surface rights in the Timberlands.
The parties anticipate closing the transaction in second quarter 2009, subject to customary
closing conditions. The Company intends to use the proceeds from this sale to reduce debt in
accordance with its previously announced strategic initiatives.
A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached to this Current Report on Form
8-K as Exhibit 99.1.
ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Description of Exhibit |
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99.1
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Press Release issued by Forestar Group Inc., dated May 4, 2009 |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
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FORESTAR GROUP INC.
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| Date: May 4, 2009 |
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/s/ David M. Grimm
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David M. Grimm |
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Chief Administrative Officer,
General Counsel and Secretary |
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