Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) today announced the pricing of its
public offering of 25,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of
$12.50 per share. The company has granted the underwriters an option to
purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 shares to cover over-allotments,
if any. Deutsche Bank Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch and Citi are acting
as the joint book-running managers for the offering. Morgan Stanley, RBC
Capital Markets, Scotia Capital and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as
joint lead managers. Barclays Capital, CIBC, Morgan Keegan & Company,
Inc., UBS Investment Bank, Piper Jaffray, RBS and Stifel Nicolaus are
acting as co-managers. Subject to customary conditions, the offering is
expected to close on or about December 11, 2009.
The company expects to use the net proceeds received from this offering,
which are expected to be approximately $300 million (without giving
effect to any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) to
partially repay amounts borrowed under its $1.5 billion unsecured U.S.
revolving credit facility. The company’s $1.5 billion unsecured U.S.
revolving credit facility is scheduled to mature in October 2011. The
company has an option to extend the facility for an additional one-year
term. Amounts outstanding thereunder bear interest at an annual rate of
LIBOR plus a spread, which spread is currently 0.425%. Any remaining net
proceeds from this offering will be used for general corporate purposes.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of the
common stock in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
A copy of the final prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to
these securities may be obtained, when available, by contacting Deutsche
Bank Securities, Attention: Prospectus Department, 100 Plaza One, Jersey
City, New Jersey 07311, telephone: (800) 503-4611 or e-mail at prospectusrequest@list.db.com;
BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Preliminary Prospectus Department, 4
World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, or e-mail at Prospectus.Requests@ml.com;
or Citi, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th
Floor, Brooklyn, New York 11220.
About Kimco
Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns
and operates North America’s largest portfolio of neighborhood and
community shopping centers. As of September 30, 2009, the company owned
interests in 1,462 retail properties comprising 153 million square feet
of leasable space across 45 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico and
South America. Publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol KIM and
included in the S&P 500 Index, the company has specialized in shopping
center acquisitions, development and management for 50 years.
Safe Harbor Statement
The statements in this release state the company’s and management’s
intentions, beliefs, expectations or projections of the future and are
forward-looking statements. It is important to note that the company's
actual results could differ materially from those projected in such
forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited
to, (i) general adverse economic and local real estate conditions,
including the current economic recession, (ii) the inability of major
tenants to continue paying their rent obligations due to bankruptcy,
insolvency or a general downturn in their business, (iii) financing
risks, such as the inability to obtain equity, debt, or other sources of
financing or refinancing on favorable terms, (iv) the company’s ability
to raise capital by selling its assets, (v) changes in governmental laws
and regulations, (vi) the level and volatility of interest rates and
foreign currency exchange rates, (vii) the availability of suitable
acquisition opportunities, (viii) valuation of joint venture
investments, (ix) valuation of marketable securities and other
investments, (x) increases in operating costs, (xi) changes in the
dividend policy for our common stock, (xii) the reduction in our income
in the event of multiple lease terminations by tenants or a failure by
multiple tenants to occupy their premises in a shopping center, (xiii)
impairment charges, and (xiv) unanticipated changes in the company’s
intention or ability to prepay certain debt prior to maturity and/or
hold certain securities until maturity. Additional information
concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those forward-looking statements is contained from time to time in
the company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but
not limited to the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008. Copies of each filing may be obtained from the
company or the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The company refers you to the documents filed by the company from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the
sections titled "Risk Factors” in the prospectus supplement and the
accompanying prospectus for this offering and in the company’s Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as may be
updated or supplemented in the company’s Form 10-Q filings, which
discuss these and other factors that could adversely affect the
company’s results.