AMB Property Corporation Announces Tender Offer By AMB Property, L.P. for Up to $250,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of Certa
17 November 2009 - 3:34PM
PR Newswire (US)
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AMB Property
Corporation® (NYSE:AMB) announced today the commencement of a cash
tender offer by its operating partnership, AMB Property, L.P., for
up to $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount (the "Maximum Tender
Cap") of AMB Property, L.P.'s outstanding 6.30% Notes due 2013,
5.90% Notes due 2013, 7.00% Notes due 2011 and 6.75% Notes due 2011
(collectively, the "Notes"). The tender offer will expire on
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at midnight, New York City time, unless
extended or earlier terminated (the "Expiration Date"). The terms
and conditions of the tender offer are set forth in an Offer to
Purchase dated November 17, 2009 (the "Offer to Purchase") and
related Letter of Transmittal, which together constitute the tender
offer. The purchase price to be paid for Notes that are validly
tendered and not validly withdrawn on or prior to the Expiration
Date is set forth in the table below: CUSIP Title of Aggregate
Acceptance Tender Early Total Number Security Principal Priority
Offer Tender Consid- Amount Level Consid- Pay- eration(1)
Outstanding eration(1) ment(1) 00163X 6.30% Series AN0 C
Medium-Term Notes due 2013 $290,335,000 1 $1,020.00 $30 $1,050.00
00163X 5.90% Series AM2 C Medium-Term Notes due 2013 $166,480,000 1
$1,008.75 $30 $1,038.75 00163X 7.00% AE0 Medium-Term Notes due 2011
$50,000,000 2 $1,032.50 $30 $1,062.50 00163X 6.75% AF7 Medium-Term
Notes due 2011 $25,000,000 2 $1,035.00 $30 $1,065.00 (1) Per $1,000
principal amount of Notes accepted for purchase. In order to
receive the Total Consideration set forth in the table above,
holders must tender and not validly withdraw their Notes at or
prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday, December 1,
2009, unless extended (such date and time, as the same may be
extended, the "Early Tender Date"). The Total Consideration
includes the early tender payment of $30 per $1,000 principal
amount of Notes (the "Early Tender Payment"). Holders validly
tendering their Notes after the Early Tender Date and prior to the
Expiration Time will only be eligible to receive the Tender Offer
Consideration set forth in the table above, which is equal to the
Total Consideration minus the Early Tender Payment. The amount of
each series of Notes that will be purchased in the offer will be
based on the Maximum Tender Cap and the order of priority for such
series of Notes set forth in the table above (the "Acceptance
Priority Level"), as more fully described in the Offer to Purchase.
AMB Property, L.P. will pay the applicable Total Consideration or
Tender Offer Consideration, as the case may be, plus accrued and
unpaid interest in respect of any Notes accepted for purchase in
the tender offer up to, but not including, the date of payment for
the Notes, which is expected to be the next business day following
the Expiration Date. As described in the Offer to Purchase, Notes
tendered prior to the Early Tender Date may be withdrawn at any
time prior to the Early Tender Date, but (subject to limited
exceptions) not thereafter, and Notes tendered after the Early
Tender Date may not be withdrawn. Withdrawn Notes may be
re-tendered at any time prior to the Expiration Date. The tender
offer is subject to certain customary conditions, but is not
conditioned on the tender of a minimum principal amount of Notes.
AMB Property, L.P. may amend, extend or, subject to certain
conditions, terminate the tender offer at any time. 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 tender offer is only being made pursuant to the
terms of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of
Transmittal. The tender offer 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. None of AMB Property Corporation, AMB Property, L.P.,
the dealer manager, the depositary, the information agent or their
respective affiliates is making any recommendation as to whether or
not holders should tender all or any portion of their Notes in the
tender offer. AMB Property, L.P. has engaged J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
to act as dealer managers for the tender offer and Global
Bondholder Services Corporation to act as information agent and
depositary for the tender offer. Requests for documents may be
directed to Global Bondholder Services Corporation at 866.540.1500
(U.S. toll free) or at 212.430.3774 (collect), or in writing to 65
Broadway, Suite 723, New York, NY 10006, Attention: Corporate
Actions. Questions regarding the tender offer may be directed to
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at 212.834.3424 or 866.834.4666 (U.S.
toll free); BofA Merrill Lynch at 888.292.0070 (U.S. toll free) or
at 980.388.4603 (collect); or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
at 866.718.1649 (toll free). 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 cash tender offer for
the Notes. Because these forward-looking statements involve
numerous risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that
could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements, and you should not rely on the
forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The
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to realize them. We caution you not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, which reflect our analysis only and
speak as of the date of this press release or as of the dates
indicated in the statements. All of our forward-looking statements
are qualified in their entirety by this statement. We assume no
obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements. The
following factors, among others, could cause actual results and
future events to differ materially from those set forth or
contemplated in the forward-looking statements contained in this
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, any amendment, extension or
termination of the tender offer, 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, , or 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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