Kimco Realty Corporation (NYSE: KIM) announced the pricing of its public
offering of 10,000,000 newly issued shares of common stock at $37.10 per
share. The offering was increased in size from 9,000,000 shares in
response to investor demand. The company has granted the underwriters an
option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares during the next
30 days to cover over-allotments, if any. The company estimates that the
net proceeds from this offering will be approximately $356.5 million or
approximately $410.0 million if the underwriters' over-allotment option
is exercised in full. The offering is expected to close on September 15,
2008, subject to customary closing conditions.
The joint book-running managers for this offering are UBS Investment
Bank, Citi and Wachovia Securities. Deutsche Bank Securities, Morgan
Stanley, Raymond James and RBC Capital Markets are acting as joint lead
managers. Banc of America Securities LLC, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch &
Co., ABN AMRO Incorporated, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and Morgan
Keegan & Company, Inc. are acting as co-managers.
Kimco intends to use the net proceeds from the sale for general
corporate purposes, which may include funding property acquisitions and
development costs, investments in its institutional management programs
and other investment activities as such opportunities arise. Pending
such use, the company will partially repay amounts outstanding under its
U.S. revolving credit facility.
Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to these securities may be
obtained from UBS Investment Bank, Prospectus Department, 299 Park
Avenue, New York, NY 10171 or by calling 1-(888) 827-7275 or from Citi,
Prospectus Department, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th
Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220 or by calling 1-(800) 831-9146 or from
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152-4077, equity.syndicate@wachovia.com
or by calling 1-(800) 326-5897.
This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these
securities 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 any such state or other
jurisdiction.
About Kimco
Kimco Realty Corporation, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns
and operates the nation's largest portfolio of neighborhood and
community shopping centers. As of June 30, 2008, the company owned
interests in 1,928 properties comprising 180 million square feet of
leasable space across 45 states, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Chile,
Brazil and Peru. 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. For
further information, visit the company's web site at www.kimcorealty.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
The statements in this release state the company's and management's
hopes, 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 economic conditions, (ii) the inability of major
tenants to continue paying their rent obligations due to bankruptcy,
insolvency or general downturn in their business, (iii) local real
estate conditions, (iv) increases in interest rates, and (v) increases
in operating costs and real estate taxes. 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 SEC filings, including but not limited to the company's
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Copies of each
filing may be obtained from the company or the Securities & 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 company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, 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.