Simon Property Group Announces New Corporate Credit Facility
08 Décembre 2009 - 4:52PM
PR Newswire (US)
$3.565 Billion Facility Matures in 2013 INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Simon Property Group, Inc. (the
"Company") (NYSE:SPG) today announced that it has entered into a
new unsecured corporate credit facility providing an initial
revolving borrowing capacity of $3.565 billion. This initial
borrowing capacity represents an increase to the Company's existing
$3.5 billion revolver. The new facility contains an accordion
feature up to $4.0 billion and will mature on March 31, 2013. The
base interest rate on the Company's new facility is LIBOR plus 210
basis points, and it includes a money market competitive bid option
program that allows the Company to hold auctions at lower pricing
for short-term borrowings. "There was very strong demand in our new
credit facility, with lender commitments received from 34 financial
institutions aggregating over $3.5 billion," said David Simon,
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "We believe that it is a
testament to our Company's financial strength that we were able to
expand the size of our new facility with its term of 2013,
increasing our already strong financial flexibility." For this
facility, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America were Joint Lead
Arrangers and Joint Book Managers; Royal Bank of Scotland and
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation were Joint Lead Arrangers and
Joint Syndication Agents; and Deutsche Bank and UBS were Joint
Syndication Agents. Co-Documentation Agents included Citicorp,
Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, PNC, Barclays, Scotia
Capital, US Bank, Calyon, and Royal Bank of Canada. Fifth Third
Bank and SunTrust Bank were Senior Managing Agents, and ING Real
Estate Finance and Regions Bank were Managing Agents. Each of these
lenders increased the size of their commitment level on SPG's new
facility. In addition to the above financial institutions, there
were 14 Co-Lenders in the facility. About Simon Property Group
Simon Property Group, Inc. is an S&P 500 company and the
largest public U.S. real estate company. Simon is a fully
integrated real estate company which operates from five retail real
estate platforms: regional malls, Premium Outlet Centers®, The
Mills®, community/lifestyle centers and international properties.
It currently owns or has an interest in 385 properties comprising
262 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. Simon
Property Group, Inc. is publicly traded on the NYSE under the
symbol SPG. For further information, visit the Company's website at
http://www.simon.com/. DATASOURCE: Simon Property Group, Inc.
CONTACT: Investors: Shelly Doran, +1-317-685-7330, Media: Les
Morris, +1-317-263-7711, both of Simon Property Group, Inc. Web
Site: http://www.simon.com/
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