Post Properties Announces Common Stock Offering
23 Settembre 2009 - 10:15PM
Business Wire
Post Properties, Inc. (NYSE: PPS) announced today that it has
commenced a public offering of 3,000,000 shares of its common
stock. In connection with the offering, the underwriters will be
granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 450,000 additional shares
of common stock to cover overallotments, if any.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to
repay approximately $39.4 million of existing mortgage indebtedness
secured by the Company’s Post Fallsgrove property and for an
approximately $4.0 million prepayment penalty in connection with
the repayment of the Fallsgrove indebtedness. The remaining net
proceeds from the offering will be used for general corporate
purposes, which may include funding the Company’s development
pipeline or the repurchase of its outstanding preferred stock or
senior unsecured notes.
The common stock offering is being made pursuant to a prospectus
supplement to the Company’s prospectus, dated December 21, 2006,
filed as part of the Company’s effective registration statement
relating to these shares. This press release shall not constitute
an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any
securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale
would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the
securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. The
offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and
the related prospectus.
J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo Securities are the joint
book-running managers for the offering. When available, copies of
the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to
these securities may be obtained by contacting J.P. Morgan
Securities Inc., Attention: National Statement Processing,
Prospectus Library, 4 Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn,
New York 11245, telephone: 718-242-8002 or Wells Fargo Securities,
Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New
York, New York 10152, telephone: 800-326-5897.
About Post Properties
Post Properties, founded more than 38 years ago, is one of the
largest developers and operators of upscale multifamily communities
in the United States. The Company’s mission is delivering superior
satisfaction and value to its residents, associates, and investors,
with a vision of being the first choice in quality multifamily
living. Operating as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”), the
Company focuses on developing and managing Post® branded
resort-style garden and high density urban apartments. In addition,
the Company develops high-quality condominiums and converts
existing apartments to for-sale multifamily communities. Post
Properties is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and has operations
in nine markets across the country.
Post Properties owns 19,864 apartment units in 55 communities,
including 1,747 apartment units in five communities held in
unconsolidated entities and 1,429 apartment units in four
communities currently under construction and/or in lease-up. The
Company is also developing and selling 362 for-sale condominium
homes in three communities (including 129 units in one community
held in an unconsolidated entity) and is converting apartment units
in two communities initially consisting of 349 units into for-sale
condominium homes through a taxable REIT subsidiary.
Forward Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this press release may constitute
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal
securities laws. Statements regarding future events and
developments and the Company’s future performance, as well as
management’s expectations, beliefs, plans, estimates or projections
relating to the future, are forward-looking statements within the
meaning of these laws. Examples of such statements in this press
release include the Company’s intention to offer shares of its
common stock in a public offering and the Company’s plans with
respect to its use of proceeds from such offering. All
forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual events to differ materially
from those projected. Management believes that these
forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, you should not
place undue reliance on such statements. These statements are based
on current expectations and speak only as of the date of such
statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update
or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of
future events, new information or otherwise.
The following are some of the factors that could cause the
Company’s actual results and its expectations to differ materially
from those described in the Company’s forward-looking statements:
the success of the Company’s business strategies; future local and
national economic conditions, including changes in job growth,
interest rates, the availability of mortgage and other financing
and related factors; uncertainties associated with the global
capital markets, including the continued availability of
traditional sources of capital and liquidity and related factors; a
downgrade in the credit rating of the Company’s securities; demand
for apartments in the Company’s markets and the effect on occupancy
and rental rates; the impact of competition on the Company’s
business, including competition for residents in the Company’s
apartment communities and buyers of our for-sale condominium homes
and development locations; the uncertainties associated with the
Company’s real estate development, including actual costs exceeding
the Company’s budgets or development periods exceeding
expectations; uncertainties associated with the timing and amount
of apartment community sales, the market for such sales and the
resulting gains/losses associated with such sales; the Company’s
ability to enter into new joint ventures and the availability of
equity financing from traditional real estate investors to fund
development activities; the Company’s ability to obtain
construction loan financing to fund development activities; the
Company’s real estate assets being subject to impairment charges;
uncertainties associated with the Company’s condominium conversion
and for-sale housing business, including the timing and volume of
condominium sales; uncertainties associated with loss of personnel
in connection with the Company’s reduction of corporate and
property development and management overhead; conditions affecting
ownership of residential real estate and general conditions in the
multifamily residential real estate market; uncertainties
associated with environmental and other regulatory matters; the
impact of ongoing litigation with the Equal Rights Center regarding
the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act
(including any award of compensatory or punitive damages or
injunctive relief requiring the Company to retrofit apartments or
public use areas or prohibiting the sale of apartment communities
or condominium units) as well as the impact of other litigation;
the effects of changes in accounting policies and other regulatory
matters detailed in the Company’s filings with the SEC and
uncertainties of litigation; the costs of remediating damage to the
Company’s communities that have stucco or exterior insulation
finishing systems for potential water penetration and other related
issues; and the Company’s ability to continue to qualify as a real
estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code. Other
important risk factors regarding the Company are included in the
filings the Company makes from time to time with the SEC, including
the risk factors under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s
Annual Report on Form 10-K dated December 31, 2008 and other
risk factors as may be discussed in subsequent filings with the
SEC. All such risk factors are specifically incorporated by
reference into this press release.
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