SL Green Realty Corp. (the "Company”) (NYSE: SLG) today announced that
its board of directors has determined that contingent upon completion of
the public offering of common stock announced today, the Company is
reducing the quarterly per share common stock dividend from $0.375, or
$1.50 on an annual basis, to $0.10, or $0.40 on an annual basis. The
Company can provide no assurance that its board of directors will not
reduce or eliminate entirely dividend distributions on its common stock
if the public offering of common stock is not completed, or in the
future even if such offering is completed.
About the Company
SL Green Realty Corp. is a self-administered and self-managed real
estate investment trust, or REIT, that predominantly acquires, owns,
repositions and manages Manhattan office properties. The Company is the
only publicly held REIT that specializes in this niche. As of March 31,
2009, the Company owned interests in 29 New York City office properties
totaling approximately 23,211,200 square feet, making it New York's
largest office landlord. In addition, at March 31, 2009, SL Green held
investment interests in, among other things, eight retail properties
encompassing approximately 400,212 square feet, three development
properties encompassing approximately 399,800 square feet and two land
interests, along with ownership interests in 32 suburban assets totaling
6,949,700 square feet in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Westchester
County, Connecticut and New Jersey.
Statements made in this press release may be forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of
words such as "may,” "will,” "plan,” "should,” "expect,” "anticipate,”
"estimate,” "continue,” or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking
statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and
uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy
and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve
factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those
projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider
the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the
heading "Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and "Risk
Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and as
may be supplemented or amended by the Company’s Quarterly Reports on
Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement
forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent
events, new information or otherwise.