Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option
December 26 2003 - 8:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. Announces Exercise of
Over-Allotment Option BOSTON, Dec 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc. today announced that
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., the underwriter for its recently
completed equity offering, has exercised its over-allotment option
and has purchased an additional 672,045 shares of our common stock.
As a result, Heritage has sold an additional 432,736 shares and The
Prudential Insurance Company of America, our second largest
stockholder, has sold an additional 239,309 shares. The sale of
these additional shares is expected to close on December 30, 2003.
Heritage's largest stockholder, Net Realty Holding Trust, a
subsidiary of The New England Teamsters and Trucking Industry
Pension Fund, has agreed to purchase 172,045 shares, or
approximately 40% of these additional shares being offered by
Heritage, pursuant to a contractual right Heritage granted to Net
Realty Holding Trust to permit it to maintain its ownership
percentage in the Company. Net Realty Holding Trust will purchase
these additional shares on the same terms and conditions as other
purchasers. The net proceeds to Heritage from the sale of these
additional shares, after deducting estimated offering expenses,
will be approximately $12 million. Heritage intends to use the net
proceeds of the offering to repay indebtedness. This announcement
shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any
state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or
sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under
the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction. Copies
of the prospectus supplement relating to these securities may be
obtained when available from Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 60 Wall
Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York, 10005. ABOUT HERITAGE
PROPERTY INVESTMENT TRUST, INC. Heritage is a fully integrated,
self-administered and self-managed REIT traded on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbol "HTG". Heritage acquires, owns,
manages, leases and redevelops primarily grocer-anchored
neighborhood and community shopping centers in the Eastern and
Midwestern United States. As of September 30, 2003, the Company had
a portfolio consisting principally of 154 shopping centers, located
in 27 states and totaling 31.3 million square feet of total gross
leasable area, of which 26.3 million square feet is company-owned
gross leasable area. The Company's shopping center portfolio was
92.1% leased as of September 30, 2003. Heritage is headquartered in
Boston Massachusetts and has an additional 16 regional offices
located in the Eastern and Midwestern United States. Some of the
statements contained in this press release constitute forward-
looking statements. Forward-looking statements relate to
expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies,
anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning
matters that are not historical facts. The forward-looking
statements reflect the Company's current views about future events
and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in
circumstances that may cause the Company's actual results to differ
significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking
statement. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since
they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and
which could materially affect actual results. The factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from current
expectations include the financial performance and operations of
the Company's shopping centers, including the Company's tenants,
real estate conditions, current and future bankruptcies of the
Company's tenants, execution of shopping center redevelopment
programs, the Company's ability to finance the Company's
operations, successful completion of renovations, completion of
pending acquisitions, the availability of additional acquisitions,
changes in economic, business, competitive market and regulatory
conditions, acts of terrorism or war and other risks detailed from
time to time in filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements contained herein
represent the Company's judgment as of the date of this release,
and the Company cautions readers not to place undue reliance on
such statements. DATASOURCE: Heritage Property Investment Trust,
Inc. CONTACT: Patrick O'Sullivan, Vice President, Finance and
Accounting of Heritage Property Investment Trust, Inc.,
+1-617-247-2200, ; or Analyst Info, Claire Koeneman,
+1-312-640-6745, or General Info, Joe Calabrese, +1-212-445-8434,
both of Financial Relations Board
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