Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE:VNO) announced today that it priced a public
offering of 15,000,000 common shares at a price per share of $43.00. In
addition, Vornado has granted to the underwriters for the public
offering an option for 30 days to purchase up to 2,250,000 additional
common shares to cover overallotments, if any. Merrill Lynch & Co., J.P.
Morgan Securities Inc., Citi, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs &
Co. and UBS Investment Bank are serving as the joint book-running
managers.
Subject to customary closing conditions, the offering is expected to
close on April 27, 2009.
The estimated net proceeds to Vornado from the offering, before giving
effect to any exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option, are
expected to be approximately $617,000,000. Vornado intends to use the
net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, which may
include repayment of indebtedness and acquisitions.
This offering was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement, dated April
22, 2009, to Vornado’s prospectus, dated November 1, 2006, filed as part
of Vornado’s effective shelf registration statement. This press release
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any
such state.
Copies of the prospectus supplement relating to this offering, when
available, may be obtained from Merrill Lynch & Co., Attention:
Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080,
telephone: 212-449-1000; J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Attention:
Prospectus Library, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn, NY
11425, telephone: 718-242-8002; Citi, Attention: Prospectus Department,
Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220,
telephone 800-831-9146; Deutsche Bank Securities, Attention: Prospectus
Department, 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311, telephone:
800-503-4611, email: prospectusrequest@list.db.com;
Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 85 Broad Street,
New York, NY 10004, telephone: 212-902-1171 or 866-471-2526, fax:
212-902-9316, email: Prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com
and UBS Investment Bank, Attention: Prospectus Department, 299 Park
Avenue, New York, NY 10171, telephone: 888-827-7275.
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 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 timing of and costs associated
with property improvements, financing commitments, general economic
conditions and general competitive factors, as well as the risks
detailed in Vornado’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.