CUSIP No. 81618T-100
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Schedule 13D/A
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This Amendment No. 8 (this Schedule 13D/A) to the original Schedule 13D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on July 21, 2014 (the Original Schedule 13D), as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on September 3, 2014, Amendment No. 2 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 2, 2015, Amendment No. 3 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on March 5, 2015, Amendment No. 4 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on June 9, 2015, Amendment No. 5 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on February 8, 2017, Amendment No. 6 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on September 17, 2018 and Amendment No. 7 to the Original Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on October 9, 2018 (as amended, the Schedule 13D), is being filed by Government Properties Income Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (GOV or the Reporting Person) to report that the Reporting Person no longer beneficially owns common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value per share (SIR Common Shares), of Select Income REIT (the Issuer). This Amendment is the final amendment to the Schedule 13D and constitutes an exit filing for the Reporting Person.
Item 1.
Security and Issuer.
The information regarding the securities and the Issuer contained in Item 1. Security and Issuer contained in the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Schedule 13D/A.
Item 2.
Identity and Background.
The information regarding the Reporting Person contained in Item 2. Identity and Background contained in the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Schedule 13D/A.
Item 3.
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
The information regarding the Reporting Person contained in Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration contained in the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Schedule 13D/A.
Item 4.
Purpose of Transaction.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended to add the following:
On December 20, 2018, the Issuer held its special meeting of shareholders at which the Issuers shareholders voted to approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to which the Issuer is a party (the Shareholder Meeting). The Reporting Person previously owned the 24,918,421 SIR Common Shares as of the Record Date and was entitled to vote such SIR Common Shares at the Shareholder Meeting, even though the Reporting Person sold those SIR Common Shares on October 9, 2018 in the Offering. At the Shareholder Meeting, the Reporting Person voted all of the SIR Common Shares beneficially owned by it as of the Record Date in favor of approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement to which the Issuer is a party. Following the conclusion of the Shareholder Meeting, the Reporting Person no longer has any voting or disposition rights with respect to any SIR Common Shares and, therefore, no longer beneficially owns any SIR Common Shares.
Item 5.
Interest in Securities of the Issuer.
Item 5. Interests in Securities of the Issuer of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and restated as follows:
(a)
Amount beneficially owned and percentage of class:
As of December 20, 2018, the Reporting Person does not beneficially own any SIR Common Shares.
To the Reporting Persons knowledge, the individuals named in Item 2 above beneficially own an aggregate of 177,413 SIR Common Shares (a portion of which are subject to vesting requirements), which represents less than 1% of the issued and outstanding SIR Common Shares and which are not included in the percentages owned by the
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Reporting Person. The Reporting Person expressly disclaims any beneficial ownership of these SIR Common Shares.
(b)
Number of SIR Common Shares as to which such person has:
(i)
Sole power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(ii)
Shared power to vote or to direct the vote: 0
(iii)
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
(iv)
Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of: 0
To the Reporting Persons knowledge, the individuals named in Item 2 above have sole power to vote or to direct the vote, and to dispose or direct the disposition of, all of the SIR Common Shares they beneficially own.
The percentages of beneficial ownership reported in this Schedule 13D are based on 89,550,528 SIR Common Shares of the Issuer outstanding as of December 20, 2018, such number of shares being based on information provided by the Issuer.
(c)
No transactions have been effected by the Reporting Person or the individuals named in Item 2 above in the Issuers securities in the past sixty days.
(d)
Other than as described in Item 4 above, no other person is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds from the sale of, the securities covered by this Schedule 13D.
(e)
The Reporting Person ceased to be the beneficial owner of
more than five percent of outstanding
SIR Common Shares on December 20, 2018.
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
See Item 4 above.
The information regarding the Reporting Person contained in Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer contained in the Schedule 13D is not otherwise being amended by this Schedule 13D/A.
Item 7.
Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits
of the Schedule 13D is not being amended by this Schedule 13D/A.