Lennar Increases Its Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility from $2.2 Billion to $2.7 Billion
24 Juli 2006 - 3:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
MIAMI, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lennar Corporation
(NYSE:LENNYSE:andNYSE:LEN.B), one of the nation's largest
homebuilders, announced that the Company has entered into a new
unsecured revolving credit facility that provides the Company with
$2.7 billion of financing. The credit facility also provides the
Company with access to an additional $500 million of financing
through an accordion feature, subject to additional commitments,
for a maximum aggregate availability under the facility of $3.2
billion. The credit facility will replace the Company's existing
$2.2 billion credit facility and will mature in July 2011. JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. is the Joint Lead Arranger and Administrative
Agent, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas is the Joint Lead
Arranger and Syndication Agent and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays
Bank PLC, Calyon New York Branch, The Royal Bank of Scotland and
Wachovia Bank, National Association are Documentation Agents. A
total of 46 lenders participate in the facility. Bruce Gross,
Lennar's Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, said, "We
appreciate the continued commitment from our long-term banking
partners and we welcome the nine new banks that have joined the
group. Our strategic growth plan begins and ends with a strong
balance sheet as Lennar remains a balance sheet-first focused
company. This increase in capital provides continued liquidity for
the Company's current working capital needs and future growth
opportunities." Lennar Corporation, founded in 1954, is one of the
nation's leading builders of quality homes for all generations. The
Company builds affordable, move-up and retirement homes primarily
under the Lennar and U.S. Home brand names. Lennar's Financial
Services Division provides primarily mortgage financing, title
insurance and closing services for both buyers of the Company's
homes and others. Previous press releases and further information
about the Company may be obtained at the "Investor Relations"
section of the Company's website, http://www.lennar.com/. Some of
the statements in this press release are "forward-looking
statements," as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward-looking
statements by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly
to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking
statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities,
trends or results. Because forward-looking statements relate to
matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently
subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our
actual activities or results to differ materially from the
activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements.
These factors include those described under the caption "Risk
Factors Relating to Our Business" in Item 1A of our Annual Report
on Form 10-K for our fiscal year ended November 30, 2005. We do not
undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.
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