NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Government Properties Income Trust (Nasdaq: GOV) today announced that it
has priced a public offering of 25,000,000 common shares at a price to
the public of $18.50 per common share. The settlement of this offering
is expected to occur on July 5, 2017. GOV expects to use the net
proceeds from this offering to fund, in part, its previously announced
acquisition of First Potomac Realty Trust, or FPO. Pending the
consummation of the FPO acquisition and the use of proceeds described
above GOV may repay amounts outstanding under its unsecured revolving
credit facility or invest the net proceeds from this offering in short
term investments consistent with its intention to maintain its
qualification for taxation as a REIT. The underwriters have been granted
a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 3,750,000 common shares.
The joint bookrunning managers for this offering were Citigroup, BofA
Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank. The joint lead
managers for this offering are Baird, BB&T Capital Markets, D.A.
Davidson & Co., FBR & Co., Janney Montgomery Scott, JMP Securities,
Mizuho Securities and Oppenheimer & Co.
This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an
offer to buy shares, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in
any state or jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would
be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities
laws of such state or jurisdiction. The prospectus supplement relating
to this offering and related prospectus will be filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and copies can be obtained
when available by contacting the offices of: Citigroup, c/o Broadridge
Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by
calling (800) 831-9146; BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus
Department, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street,
3rd Floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com;
Morgan Stanley, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street,
2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014; or UBS Securities LLC, Attention:
Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY, 10019
or by calling (888) 827-7275.
WARNING CONCERNING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
THIS PRESS RELEASE INCLUDES FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND
OTHER SECURITIES LAWS. ALSO, WHENEVER GOV USES WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”,
“EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE”, “WILL”, “MAY”, AND
NEGATIVES OR DERIVATIVES OF THESE OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, GOV IS MAKING
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED
UPON GOV'S PRESENT INTENT, BELIEFS AND EXPECTATIONS, BUT FORWARD LOOKING
STATEMENTS ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR. ACTUAL RESULTS
MAY DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN OR IMPLIED BY GOV’S
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS. FOR EXAMPLE:
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THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE COMPANY EXPECTS THE SETTLEMENT OF
THE COMMON SHARES TO OCCUR ON JULY 5, 2017. IN FACT, THE ISSUANCE AND
DELIVERY OF THE COMMON SHARES IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS AND
CONTINGENCIES AS ARE CUSTOMARY IN UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTS IN THE
UNITED STATES. IF THESE CONDITIONS ARE NOT SATISFIED OR THE SPECIFIED
CONTINGENCIES DO NOT OCCUR, THIS OFFERING MAY NOT CLOSE.
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THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT THE UNDERWRITERS HAVE BEEN GRANTED AN
OPTION TO PURCHASE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 3,750,000 COMMON SHARES. AN
IMPLICATION OF THIS STATEMENT MAY BE THAT THIS OPTION MAY BE EXERCISED
IN WHOLE OR IN PART. IN FACT, GOV DOES NOT KNOW WHETHER THE
UNDERWRITERS WILL EXERCISE THIS OPTION, OR ANY PART OF IT.
FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE
UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.
A Maryland Real Estate Investment Trust with transferable shares of
beneficial interest listed on the Nasdaq.
No shareholder,
Trustee or officer is personally liable for any act or obligation of the
Trust.
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Source: Government Properties Income Trust