Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) today announced that it closed on a
new $220 million two-year unsecured term loan. The loan, which bears
interest at an annual rate of LIBOR (subject to a 2.00% LIBOR floor)
plus 465 basis points, will mature in April 2011. The loan was increased
10 percent to $220 million from its initial size of $200 million.
The Company recently repaid $130 million of its unsecured medium term
notes, bearing interest at 6.88%, through use of its U.S. unsecured
revolving credit facility. Proceeds from this term loan will be used to
partially repay outstanding amounts under the U.S. credit facility.
After these pay downs, the Company will have approximately $1.6 billion
of available borrowing capacity under its credit facilities, which bear
interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 42.5 basis points and expire in 2012
(with extension).
The Bank of Nova Scotia and RBC Capital Markets acted as joint lead
arrangers and joint book-running managers. A consortium of twelve banks,
each providing between $5 million to $40 million, participated in the
facility.
About Kimco
Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns
and operates one of North America’s largest portfolios of neighborhood
and community shopping centers. As of December 31, 2008, the company
owned interests in 1,950 properties comprising 182 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, and
(xiii) impairment charges. 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
section 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.