AMB Property, L.P. to Offer Guaranteed Notes Due 2016 and Guaranteed Notes Due 2019
November 17 2009 - 9:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMB Property
Corporation® (NYSE:AMB) announced today that its operating
subsidiary, AMB Property, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"),
intends to offer a new series of notes due 2016 and a new series of
notes due 2019 in an underwritten registered public offering. The
notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Operating
Partnership and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AMB
Property Corporation. The aggregate principal amounts and coupon
rates of the notes will be determined at the time the notes are
sold to investors. The offering will be made pursuant to an
effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (SEC) on August 14, 2009. The offering is
expected to close on November 20, 2009, subject to customary
closing conditions. The Operating Partnership intends to use the
net proceeds of the offering to finance the purchase of up to $250
million aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership's
outstanding 6.30% notes due 2013, 5.90% notes due 2013, 7.00% notes
due 2011 and 6.75% notes due 2011 pursuant to a tender offer
commenced on November 17, 2009. In the event that the net proceeds
are greater than the purchase price and accrued and unpaid interest
on such tendered 2013 and 2011 notes, the Operating Partnership may
use the additional proceeds to repay borrowings under its $230
million term loan due 2010 and reduce borrowings under its $500
million unsecured revolving credit facility. A copy of the
prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to these securities
may be obtained, when available, by contacting Banc of America
Securities LLC, 100 West 33rd Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY
10001, Toll-Free: 1-800-294-1322, Attention: Prospectus Department;
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 270 Park Avenue, High Grade Syndicate
Desk, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10017, Telephone: 212-834-4533; or
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, 180 Varick Street, New York,
NY 10014, Toll-Free: 1-866-718-1649, Email: , Attention: Prospectus
Department. This press release is for informational purposes only
and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell
with respect to any securities. The offering is not being made in
any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance thereof would
not be in compliance with the securities, blue sky or other laws of
such jurisdiction. AMB Property Corporation.® Local partner to
global trade.(TM) AMB Property Corporation® is a leading owner,
operator and developer of global industrial real estate, focused on
major hub and gateway distribution markets in the Americas, Europe
and Asia. As of September 30, 2009, AMB owned, or had investments
in, on a consolidated basis or through unconsolidated joint
ventures, properties and development projects expected to total
approximately 156.1 million square feet (14.5 million square
meters) in 47 markets within 14 countries. AMB invests in
properties located predominantly in the infill submarkets of its
targeted markets. The company's portfolio comprises High Throughput
Distribution® facilities-industrial properties built for speed and
located near airports, seaports and ground transportation systems.
AMB's press releases are available on the company website at
http://www.amb.com/ or by contacting the Investor Relations
department at +1 415 394 9000. Some of the information included in
this press release contains forward-looking statements, such as
statements related to the offering and the issuance and sale of the
notes, expected use of the net proceeds and the availability of a
final prospectus supplement, which are made pursuant to the
safe-harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended. Because these forward-looking statements involve
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following factors, among others, could cause actual results and
future events to differ materially from those set forth or
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press release: any material adverse change in the financial or
securities markets within or outside the United States or in
political, financial or economic conditions within or outside the
United States or any material outbreak or material escalation of
hostilities within or outside the United States or declaration by
the United States of a national emergency or war or other material
calamity or crisis within or outside the United States, including,
without limitation, an act of terrorism, any suspension or
limitation of trading in securities generally or in any of the
securities of AMB by the SEC, by any exchange that lists such
securities or in any over-the-counter market, any declaration by
any governmental authority of a general banking moratorium, any
financial market fluctuations, actual or perceived changes in
general economic conditions, global trade or in the real estate
sector, inflation risks, an actual or perceived downturn in the
U.S., California or global economy, and certain other matters
discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in our
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
2009, June 30, 2009 and September 30, 2009. DATASOURCE: AMB
Property Corporation CONTACT: Tracy A. Ward, Vice President, IR
& Corporate Communications, +1-415-733-9565, ; Rachel E. M.
Bennett, Director, Media & Public Relations, +1-415-733-9532, ,
both of AMB Property Corporation Web Site: http://www.amb.com/
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