Oct. 1 at 11:34 AM
$AKR Acadia Realty Trust prices 5M shares at
$23.25 in upsized underwritten offering
Acadia Realty Trust announced the pricing of an upsized underwritten offering of 5,000,000 common shares of beneficial interest at a price to the public of
$23.25 per share. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 common shares. This reflects an upsizing of the previously announced offering of 4,500,000 common shares. The offering is expected to close on October 2, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. Wells Fargo Securities, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Jefferies are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.
The Company has entered into forward sale agreements with each of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Jefferies or their affiliates with respect to 5,000,000 of its common shares. In connection with the forward sale agreements, the forward purchasers or their affiliates are expected to borrow and sell to the underwriters an aggregate of 5,000,000 common shares that will be delivered in the offering.
Subject to its right to elect cash or net share settlement, which right is subject to certain conditions, the Company intends to deliver, upon physical settlement of such forward sale agreements on one or more dates specified by the Company occurring no later than September 30, 2025, an aggregate of 5,000,000 common shares to the forward purchasers in exchange for cash proceeds per share equal to the applicable forward sale price, subject to certain adjustments as provided in the forward sale agreements.
If the underwriters and forward sellers exercise their option to purchase additional shares, the Company will enter into one or more additional forward sale agreements with each of the forward purchasers in respect of the number of common shares that are subject to exercise of the option to purchase additional shares. The Company will not initially receive any proceeds from the sale of common shares by the forward purchasers or their affiliates in the offering.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds, if any, it receives upon the future settlement of the forward sale agreements for general corporate purposes, including funding potential investment transactions, working capital and the repayment of outstanding indebtedness. Pending such usage, the Operating Partnership expects to invest the net proceeds in short-term instruments.
