Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) today announced that Vornado Realty
L.P., the operating partnership through which Vornado Realty Trust
conducts its business, has priced an offering of $500 million aggregate
principal amount of 4.25% senior unsecured notes due April 1, 2015.
Interest on the notes will be payable semi-annually on April 1 and
October 1, commencing October 1, 2010. The notes were priced at 99.834%
of their face amount to yield 4.287%. The net proceeds of approximately
$496 million will be used for general corporate purposes. Subject to
customary closing conditions, the offering is expected to close on March
26, 2010.
Banc of America Securities LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc. and UBS Securities LLC acted as joint
book-running managers.
The offering is being made under Vornado Realty L.P.’s shelf
registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
and only by means of a prospectus supplement, dated March 23, 2010, and
accompanying prospectus, dated October 30, 2009. A copy of the
prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the
offering may be obtained from Banc of America Securities LLC, 100 West
33rd Street – 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10001, Attention: Prospectus
Department, or by calling 1-800-294-1322; Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
Brooklyn Army Terminal 140 58th Street – 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220,
Attn: Prospectus Department, or by calling 1-877-858-5407; J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attn: High
Grade Syndicate Desk – 3rd Floor, or by calling (212) 834-4533; or UBS
Securities LLC, 299 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10171, Attn: Prospectus
Specialist, or by calling 1-877-827-6444 ext. 561-3884.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any
sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such
offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
Vornado Realty Trust is a fully-integrated equity real estate investment
trust. Certain statements contained herein may constitute
"forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements
of Vornado Realty L.P. to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks
associated with the transactions described above as described in the
above-referenced prospectus supplement under "Risk Factors” and those
described in Vornado Realty L.P.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2009, under Item 1.A, Risk Factors, copies of
which may be obtained at the website of the Securities and Exchange
Commission at www.sec.gov.
