13D Filing: Starboard Value LP and Forest City Realty Trust Inc (FCE.A)

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Messrs. Smith, Mitchell and Feld
(a)
Each of Messrs. Smith, Mitchell and Feld, as a member of Principal GP and as a member of each of the Management Committee of Starboard Value GP and the Management Committee of Principal GP, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the (i) 11,190,967 Shares owned by Starboard V&O Fund, (ii) 1,327,356 Shares owned by Starboard S LLC, (iii) 754,811 Shares owned by Starboard C LP, (iv) 235,454 Shares owned by Starboard Romeo LLC, and (v) 1,763,635 Shares held in the Starboard Value LP Account.
Percentage: Approximately 5.7%
(b)
1.
Sole power to vote or direct vote: 0
2.
Shared power to vote or direct vote: 15,272,223
3.
Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition: 0
4.
Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition: 15,272,223
(c)
None of Messrs. Smith, Mitchell or Feld has entered into any transactions in the Shares during the past sixty days.  The transactions in the Shares on behalf of each of Starboard V&O Fund, Starboard S LLC, Starboard C LP, Starboard Romeo LLC and through the Starboard Value LP Account during the past sixty days are set forth in Schedule B and are incorporated herein by reference.
Each Reporting Person, as a member of a “group” with the other Reporting Persons for the purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, may be deemed the beneficial owner of the Shares directly owned by the other Reporting Persons.  Each Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of such Shares except to the extent of his or its pecuniary interest therein.
(d)
No person other than the Reporting Persons is known to have the right to receive, or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, the Shares.
(e)
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships With Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
On March 22, 2018, Starboard and the Issuer entered into the Agreement defined and described in Item 4 above and attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.
On April 4, 2018, the Reporting Persons entered into a Joint Filing Agreement in which the Reporting Persons agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of statements on Schedule 13D with respect to the securities of the Issuer to the extent required by applicable law.  The Joint Filing Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Other than as described herein, there are no contracts, arrangements, understandings or relationships among the Reporting Persons or between the Reporting Persons and any other person, with respect to the securities of the Issuer.
Item 7.
Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Agreement by and between the Issuer and Starboard, dated March 22, 2018.
99.2
Joint Filing Agreement by and among Starboard Value and Opportunity Master Fund Ltd, Starboard Value and Opportunity S LLC, Starboard Value and Opportunity C LP, Starboard Value R LP, Starboard Value R GP LLC, Starboard Leaders Romeo LLC, Starboard Leaders Fund LP, Starboard Value A LP, Starboard Value A GP LLC, Starboard Value LP, Starboard Value GP LLC, Starboard Principal Co LP, Starboard Principal Co GP LLC, Jeffrey C. Smith, Mark R. Mitchell and Peter A. Feld, dated April 4, 2018.
99.3
Power of Attorney for Jeffrey C. Smith, Mark R. Mitchell and Peter A. Feld, dated September 15, 2011.

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