Brandywine Realty Trust Announces Tender Offers for its 4.50% Notes due 2009, 5.625% Notes due 2010 and 5.75% Notes due 2012
August 06 2009 - 3:50PM
PR Newswire (US)
RADNOR, Pa., Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brandywine Realty
Trust (NYSE:BDN) announced today that its operating partnership,
Brandywine Operating Partnership, LP (the "Operating Partnership"),
has commenced cash tender offers for any and all of the
$150,151,000 outstanding principal amount of its 4.50% Guaranteed
Notes due November 1, 2009 (the "2009 Notes") (the "Any and All
Tender Offer") and for up to $100,000,000 principal amount (the
"Maximum Tender Amount") of its 5.625% Guaranteed Notes due
December 15, 2010 (the "2010 Notes") and 5.75% Guaranteed Notes due
April 1, 2012 (the "2012 Notes") all issued by the Operating
Partnership (the "Maximum Tender Offer," and together with the Any
and All Tender Offer, collectively, the "Tender Offers," and each a
"Tender Offer"). The terms and conditions of the Tender Offers are
set forth in the Offer to Purchase dated August 6, 2009 (the "Offer
to Purchase") and the related Letter of Transmittal (the "Letter of
Transmittal") and are summarized below. The Tender Offers will be
funded by a combination of available cash on hand and borrowings
under the Operating Partnership's unsecured revolving credit
facility. Tender Offer for the 2009 Notes The Any and All Tender
Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 13,
2009, unless extended or earlier terminated by the Operating
Partnership. The consideration payable for the 2009 Notes will be
$1,004.00 per $1,000 principal amount of the 2009 Notes validly
tendered plus accrued and unpaid interest from the last interest
payment date up to, but not including, the payment date for the
2009 Notes purchased in the Any and All Tender Offer, which is
expected be the next business day following the expiration of the
Any and All Tender Offer. Under certain circumstances described in
the Offer to Purchase, the Operating Partnership may terminate the
Any and All Tender Offer before the applicable expiration date.
Validly tendered 2009 Notes are expected to be retired and
cancelled. Tender Offer for the 2010 and 2012 Notes The Maximum
Tender Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on
September 2, 2009, unless extended or earlier terminated by the
Operating Partnership. The consideration payable for the 2010 or
2012 Notes will be equal to the applicable "Total Consideration"
shown below per $1,000 of each series of notes, which includes the
Early Tender Payment if a holder has validly tendered and has not
validly withdrawn such holder's 2010 or 2012 Notes by 5:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on or prior to Wednesday, August 19, 2009 (as
may be extended or otherwise modified, the "Early Tender Date").
Holders that validly tender their 2010 or 2012 Notes after the
Early Tender Date and at or prior to the applicable expiration date
without subsequently validly withdrawing them will receive the
applicable "Tender Offer Consideration" shown below per $1,000 of
each series of notes which is equal to the Total Consideration
minus the Early Tender Payment. Principal Amount Acceptance Tender
Early Total Note Outstand- Priority Offer Tender Consider- Issue
ing Level Consideration(1) Payment(1) ation(1) 2012 Notes
$287,830,000 1 $950.00 $30.00 $980.00 2010 Notes 210,546,000 2
970.00 30.00 1,000.00 (1) Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes
accepted for purchase. Validly tendered notes accepted for purchase
will also be paid accrued and unpaid interest from the last
interest payment date up to, but not including, the payment date
for the 2010 and 2012 Notes purchased in the Maximum Tender Offer,
which is expected be the next business day following the expiration
date of the Maximum Tender Offer. Validly tendered 2010 and 2012
Notes are expected to be retired and cancelled. In the event that
the Maximum Tender Offer is oversubscribed, the Operating
Partnership will accept tendered 2010 and 2012 Notes according to
the "acceptance priority level" for that series specified in the
table above and proration. Accordingly, all 2012 Notes that are
validly tendered as of the expiration of the Maximum Tender Offer
will be accepted for purchase, subject to proration, before any
validly tendered 2010 Notes are accepted. In addition, with respect
to the 2010 and 2012 Notes, where some, but not all, of the notes
tendered for a particular series are purchased, the amount of notes
accepted from each holder tendering from that series will be
prorated based on the aggregate principal amount tendered with
respect to that series and the remaining amount available under the
Maximum Tender Amount. The Tender Offer for the 2010 and 2012 Notes
is not conditioned on any minimum amount of notes being tendered.
Additional Information The complete terms and conditions of the
tender offers are set forth in the Offer to Purchase and Letter of
Transmittal that are being sent to holders of the 2009, 2010 and
2012 Notes. Holders are urged to read the Tender Offer documents
carefully before making any decision with respect to the Tender
Offer. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal
may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the
Information Agent for the Tender Offer, at (866) 540-1500
(toll-free) or (212) 430-3774 (collect). Questions regarding the
Tender Offer may be directed to Wells Fargo Securities, Lead Dealer
Manager for the Tender Offer, at (866) 309-6316 (toll-free) or
(704) 715-8341 (collect). Citi and Deutsche Bank Securities are
serving as Co-Dealer Managers for the Tender Offer. This press
release is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation to buy
any of the 2009, 2010 or 2012 Notes nor is it a solicitation for
acceptance of the Tender Offer. The Operating Partnership is making
the Tender Offer only by, and 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 Brandywine
Realty Trust, the Operating Partnership, the Dealer Manager, either
of the Co-Managers or the Information Agent makes any
recommendation in connection with the Tender Offer. About
Brandywine Realty Trust Brandywine Realty Trust is one of the
largest, publicly traded, full-service, integrated real estate
companies in the United States. Organized as a real estate
investment trust and operating in select markets, Brandywine owns,
develops and manages a primarily Class A, suburban and urban office
portfolio aggregating approximately 37.3 million square feet,
including 26.1 million square feet which it owns on a consolidated
basis. Forward-Looking Statements Certain statements in this
release 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 that may cause the actual results,
performance, achievements or transactions of the Company and its
affiliates or industry results to be materially different from any
future results, performance, achievements or transactions expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks,
uncertainties and other factors relate to, among others, the
Company's ability to lease vacant space and to renew or relet space
under expiring leases at expected levels, the potential loss of
major tenants, interest rate levels, the availability and terms of
debt and equity financing, competition with other real estate
companies for tenants and acquisitions, risks of real estate
acquisitions, dispositions and developments, including cost
overruns and construction delays, unanticipated operating costs and
the effects of general and local economic and real estate
conditions. Additional information or factors which could impact
the Company and the forward-looking statements contained herein are
included in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The Company assumes no obligation to update or
supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of
subsequent events. DATASOURCE: Brandywine Realty Trust CONTACT:
Investor, Press, Marge Boccuti, Manager, Investor Relations,
+1-610-832-7702, , or Company, Howard M. Sipzner, EVP & CFO,
+1-610-832-4907, , both of Brandywine Realty Trust Web Site:
http://www.brandywinerealty.com/
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