Announces Closing of New $200 Million Credit Facility
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP) today
announced the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option to
purchase an additional 1,920,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at
a price per share of $17.00. The over-allotment option was granted in
connection with the Company’s initial public offering of 12,800,000
shares, which priced on June 23, 2010.
Total gross proceeds from the public offering and the concurrent private
placement were $270.2 million. Of the total, $217.6 million was from the
public offering of common stock, $32.6 million was from the exercise of
the over-allotment option and $20.0 million was from a private placement
investment by Victor J. Coleman, the Company’s Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer, and certain investment funds affiliated with Farallon
Capital Management, L.L.C.
The Company intends to use the proceeds to repay debt, fund acquisitions
and for general corporate and working capital purposes.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays Capital and Morgan Stanley were the joint
book-running managers for the offering. Wells Fargo Securities, BMO
Capital Markets and KeyBanc Capital Markets acted as co-managers.
In addition, the Company also announced that it has entered into a new,
three-year $200 million secured revolving credit facility with a group
of lenders. An affiliate of Barclays Capital will act as administrative
agent and joint lead arranger, and affiliates of BofA Merrill Lynch will
act as syndication agent and joint lead arranger. The credit facility is
expected to bear interest at LIBOR plus 325 to 400 basis points,
depending on the Company’s leverage ratio, and LIBOR is subject to a
floor of 1.50%. The Company intends to use this facility principally to
fund acquisitions, redevelop and expand current properties, refinance
existing debt, and for other general corporate purposes.
A copy of the final prospectus related to the offering was filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be obtained by contacting
BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial
Center, New York, New York 10080, or by email at prospectus.requests@ml.com;
Barclays Capital, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long
Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by calling 1-888-603-5847,
or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com;
or Morgan Stanley, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street,
New York, New York 10014, or by email at prospectus@morganstanley.com.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been declared
effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy any of the offered shares, nor shall there be any sale of such
shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the securities laws of such state or other
jurisdiction. This offering is being made solely by means of a
prospectus. The shares issued in the private placement have not been
registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an
applicable exemption from registration requirements.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated
real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring
high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and
entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern
and Southern California. The Company’s investment strategy is focused on
high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable, long-term
supply-demand characteristics. These markets include Los Angeles, Orange
County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the East Bay. The
Company’s portfolio includes eight properties totaling approximately 2.0
million square feet, strategically located in many of the Company’s
target markets. The Company intends to elect to be taxed and to operate
in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a real estate investment
trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes, commencing with the
taxable year ending December 31, 2010.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements
relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and
strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions
concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking
terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,”
“plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” or
“potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words
or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends
and which do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions
and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, that
may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in
any forward-looking statement. All forward-looking statements reflect
the Company’s good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they
are not guarantees of future performance. Furthermore, the Company
disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions
or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other
changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could
cause the Company’s future results to differ materially from any
forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in
the Company’s final prospectus relating to this offering, and other
risks described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
Contact:
Investor Contact:
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
Mark
Lammas
Chief Financial Officer
310-445-5700
or
Addo
Communications, Inc.
Andrew Blazier
310-829-5400
andrewb@addocommunications.com
or
Media
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Casey & Sayre
Karen Diehl
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