Simon Property Group, L.P. Announces Pricing Relating to Its Offer to Purchase Any and All of Its 5.300% Senior Notes Due 2013, 6.750% Senior Notes Due 2014 and 5.625% Senior Notes Due 2014
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug 16, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Simon Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG) today announced the purchase price that its operating partnership subsidiary, Simon Property Group, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), will pay in its previously announced tender offer to purchase for cash any and all of its senior notes in the three series listed in the table below (the "Notes").
The applicable Reference Yield, Tender Offer Yield, Purchase Price and accrued and unpaid interest, assuming a settlement date of August 17, 2010, are set forth in the following table:
U.S. Treasury
CUSIP Reference Reference
Title of Security Numbers Security Yield
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5.300% Senior 1.00% due July
Notes due 2013 828807BY2 15, 2013 0.739%
6.750% Senior 1.75% due July
Notes due 2014 828807CB1 31, 2015 1.396%
5.625% Senior 1.75% due July
Notes due 2014 828807BD8/ 31, 2015 1.396%
828807BF3
Tender
Fixed Offer Purchase
Title of Security Spread Yield Price*
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5.300% Senior
Notes due 2013 60 bp 1.339% $1,107.95
6.750% Senior
Notes due 2014 75 bp 2.146% $1,164.76
5.625% Senior
Notes due 2014 65 bp 2.046% $1,136.60
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*Per $1,000 principal amount of Notes.
The purchase price (the "Purchase Price") payable for each $1,000 principal amount of each series of Notes validly tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated August 9, 2010 and the related Letter of Transmittal (together, the "Offer") was determined in the manner described in the Offer to Purchase, by reference to the applicable fixed spread listed above over the yield to maturity of the applicable U.S. Treasury Reference Security in the above table, calculated as of 2:00 p.m., New York City time, today, August 16, 2010. In addition to the Purchase Price, the Operating Partnership will also pay the applicable accrued and unpaid interest on Notes purchased up to, but not including, the settlement date, which is expected to be August 17, 2010.
The tender offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, today, August 16, 2010, unless extended (such time and date, as the same may be extended, the "Expiration Time"). Holders of the Notes are urged to read carefully the Offer to Purchase and Letter of Transmittal before making any decision with respect to the Offer.
To be eligible to receive the Purchase Price, holders of Notes must validly tender and not validly withdraw their Notes prior to the Expiration Time. Notes tendered may be validly withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time, by following the procedures described in the Offer to Purchase.
The complete terms and conditions of the Offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, copies of which may be obtained from Global Bondholder Services Corporation, the Information Agent for the Offer, by calling (866) 470-3900 (toll free) or (212) 430-3774 (collect).
Deutsche Bank Securities, J.P. Morgan Securities, Banc of America Securities LLC, and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC are serving as Dealer Managers in connection with the Offer. Global Bondholder Services Corporation is serving as Depositary and Information Agent. Persons with questions regarding the Offer should contact Deutsche Bank Securities at (866) 627-0391 (toll free) or (212) 250-2955 (collect) or J.P. Morgan Securities at (866) 384-4666 (toll free) or (212) 834-3424 (collect).
About Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group, L.P. is a majority-owned subsidiary of Simon Property Group, Inc. (the "Company"). The Company is an S&P 500 company and the largest real estate company in the U.S. The Company owns or has an interest in 373 retail real estate properties comprising 256 million square feet of gross leasable area in North America, Europe and Asia. The Company is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and employs more than 5,000 people worldwide. The Company's common stock is publicly traded on the NYSE under the symbol SPG.
Safe Harbor and Other Required Disclosure
This press release contains forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on expectations, forecasts, and assumptions by the management and involve a number of risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those stated, including, without limitation, those set forth in "Item 1A--Risk Factors" of the Operating Partnership's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. Readers are encouraged to read the Operating Partnership's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
These forward-looking statements reflect management's judgment as of this date, and the Operating Partnership assumes no obligation to revise or update them to reflect future events or circumstances.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to purchase with respect to any Notes. The Offer is being made only by the applicable Offer to Purchase dated August 9, 2010 and the related Letter of Transmittal. Holders of Notes can obtain such documents and other filed documents for free by contacting the Information Agent identified above.
The Company is not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with the laws of such jurisdiction. If the Company becomes aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer would not be in compliance with such laws, the Company will make a good faith effort to comply with any such laws or may seek to have such laws declared inapplicable to the Offer. If, after such good faith effort, the Company cannot comply with any such applicable laws, the Offer will not be made to the Holders of Notes residing in each such jurisdiction.
SOURCE Simon Property Group, Inc.
