- Current report filing (8-K)
20 December 2008 - 6:38AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
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
December 19, 2008
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
RMR DIVIDEND CAPTURE FUND
(Exact Name of Registrant as
Specified in Charter)
Massachusetts
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811-22079
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26-1282663
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(State or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission File No.)
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(IRS Employer Identification No.)
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400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458
(Address of principal
executive offices, including zip code)
(617)
332-9530
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(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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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425
under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 8.01
. Other Events
On
August 26, 2008, RMR Real Estate Fund (RMR), RMR Hospitality and Real
Estate Fund (RHR) and RMR F.I.R.E. Fund (RFR) announced that they had filed
a preliminary Joint Proxy and Registration Statement/Prospectus with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) relating to a possible merger of
those three funds. Because of changed
market conditions since then and because of the reduced size of each of these
funds resulting from those changed market conditions and the redemptions of
fund preferred share by each of RMR, RHR, RFR, and two additional funds, RMR
Preferred Dividend Fund (RDR) and RMR Dividend Capture Fund (RCR), the
Boards of Trustees of each of these five funds have directed management to
prepare and file with the SEC an amended Joint Proxy and Registration
Statement/Prospectus. The purpose of
this amended Joint Proxy and Registration Statement/Prospectus will be to
present a plan to merge each of RMR, RHR, RFR, RDR and RCR into one new fund.
The
Boards of Trustees of RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund (RAP) and RMR Asia
Real Estate Fund (RAF) have also directed the management of these two funds
to prepare and file with the SEC a Joint Proxy and Registration
Statement/Prospectus. The purpose of
this Joint Proxy and Registration Statement/Prospectus will be to present a
plan to merge RAP and RAF.
If
the mergers described in the foregoing two paragraphs occur, the seven funds
referenced in this communication will be merged to become two funds: (i) RMR
Real Estate Income Fund (New RMR), a newly formed fund which will combine
RMR, RHR, RFR, RDR and RCR and will be primarily invested in securities issued
by U.S. based real estate companies, including real estate investment trusts,
or REITs, and (ii) New RMR Asia Pacific Real Estate Fund (New RAP), a
newly formed fund which will combine RAP and RAF and will be primarily invested
in securities issued by real estate companies based in the Asia Pacific
region. The process of completing these
mergers will require the approval of the funds shareholders and is expected to
take several months. There can be no
assurance that these mergers will occur.
This communication is not
intended to, and shall not, constitute an offer to purchase or sell shares of
any of the affected funds, including New RMR and New RAP; nor is this
communication intended to solicit a proxy from any shareholder of any of the
affected funds. The solicitation of the
purchase or sale of securities or of proxies to effect each fund merger may
only be made by a final, effective Registration Statement, which includes a
definitive Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus, after the Registration Statement
is declared effective by the SEC.
This communication
references an amended Registration Statement, which includes an amended Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectus, to be filed by New RMR, RMR, RHR, RFR, RDR and RCR,
and a separate Registration Statement, which includes a Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus, to be filed by New RAP, RAP and RAF. Neither of these documents has yet been
prepared or filed with the SEC. After
these documents are filed with the SEC they may be amended or withdrawn, and
they will not be distributed to shareholders of the affected funds unless and
until they are declared effective by the SEC.
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The funds and their
respective trustees, officers and employees, and the funds investment advisor,
RMR Advisors, Inc. (the Advisor) and its shareholders, officers and employees
and other persons may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of
proxies with respect to the proposed combinations. Investors and shareholders may obtain more
detailed information regarding the direct and indirect interests of the funds
respective trustees, officers and employees, and the Advisors shareholders,
officers and employees and other persons by reading the preliminary and
definitive Joint Proxy Statements/Prospectuses regarding the proposed
combinations, filed with the SEC, when they become available.
The Registration
Statements of New RMR and New RAP have not yet become effective, and the
information contained therein, including information in the preliminary Joint
Proxy Statement/Prospectuses, is not complete and is subject to change. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF THE FUNDS
ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/ PROSPECTUSES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE
BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED FUND
MERGERS. INVESTORS SHOULD CONSIDER THE
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, RISKS AND CHARGES AND EXPENSES OF THE FUNDS
CAREFULLY. THE JOINT PROXY
STATEMENT/PROSPECTUSES WILL CONTAIN THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, RISKS AND
CHARGES AND EXPENSES AND OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS. New RMR and New RAP may not sell securities
until their respective Registration Statements filed with the SEC are
effective. Neither Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus is an offer to sell securities, nor is it soliciting an
offer to buy securities, in any state where such offer or sale is not
permitted.
Investors may obtain free
copies of each Registration Statement and Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and
other documents (when they become available) filed with the SEC at the SECs
web site at www.sec.gov. In addition,
free copies of each Joint Proxy Statement/Prospectus and other documents filed
with the SEC may also be obtained after the Registration Statements become
effective by directing a request to: RMR Advisors, Inc., 400 Centre
Street, Newton, MA, 02458 or by calling (617) 796-8253.
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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.
Date: December 19,
2008
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RMR DIVIDEND CAPTURE
FUND
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By
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/s/ Adam D.
Portnoy
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Adam D. Portnoy
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President
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