UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
October 17, 2017
VORNADO REALTY TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Maryland | No. 001-11954 | No. 22-1657560 | ||
(State or Other | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
VORNADO REALTY L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
Delaware | No. 001-34482 | No. 13-3925979 | ||
(State or Other | (Commission | (IRS Employer | ||
Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | File Number) | Identification No.) | ||
888 Seventh Avenue New York, New York | 10019 | |
(Address of Principal Executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 894-7000
Former name or former address, if changed since last report: N/A
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On October 17, 2017, Vornado Realty L.P., the operating partnership through which Vornado Realty Trust conducts its business (collectively, the “Company”), extended one of its two $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facilities (as extended, amended and restated, the “2017 Revolving Credit Facility”) from November 2018 to January 2022 with two 6-month extension options. The interest rate on the 2017 Revolving Credit Facility was lowered from LIBOR plus 105 basis points to LIBOR plus 100 basis points. The facility fee remains at 20 basis points.
The Company’s second revolving credit facility of $1.25 billion (the “2016 Revolving Credit Facility”) matures in February 2021 with two 6-month extension options.
The Company’s total revolving credit facilities remain at $2.50 billion.
The joint lead arrangers and joint book-runners for the 2017 Revolving Credit Facility are JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities LLC. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. serves as Administrative Agent. Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. serve as Co-Syndication Agents. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, N.A, and U.S. Bank National Association serve as joint lead arrangers.
Under the terms of the 2017 Revolving Credit Facility, “Total Outstanding Indebtedness” may not exceed sixty percent (60%) of “Capitalization Value,” which is based on a 6.0% capitalization rate; the ratio of “Combined EBITDA” to “Fixed Charges,” each measured as of the most recently ended calendar quarter, may not be less than 1.40 to 1.00; the ratio of “Unencumbered Combined EBITDA” to “Unsecured Interest Expense,” each measured as of the most recently ended calendar quarter, may not be less than 1.50 to 1.00; at any time, “Unsecured Indebtedness” may not exceed sixty percent (60%) of “Capitalization Value of Unencumbered Assets;” and the ratio of “Secured Indebtedness” to “Capitalization Value,” each measured as of the most recently ended calendar quarter, may not exceed fifty percent (50%). The 2017 Revolving Credit Facility also contains standard representations and warranties and other covenants.
The 2017 Revolving Credit Facility includes usual and customary events of default for facilities of this nature (with applicable customary grace periods) and provides that, upon the occurrence and continuation of an event of default, payment of all amounts outstanding under the credit facility may be accelerated and the lenders’ commitments may be terminated.
The full text of the 2017 Revolving Credit Facility, which is not being filed herewith, will be filed not later than with the Company’s joint Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2017.
Certain statements contained herein constitute forward-looking statements as such term is defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. They represent the companies’ intentions, plans, expectations and beliefs and are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. The companies’ future results, financial condition and business may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements. You can find many of these statements by looking for words such as “approximates,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “would,” “may” or other similar expressions. We also note the following forward-looking statements: in the case of our development and redevelopment projects, the estimated completion date, estimated project cost and cost to complete; and estimates of future capital expenditures, dividends to common and preferred shareholders and partnership distributions. Many of the factors that will determine the outcome of these and our other forward-looking statements are beyond our ability to control or predict. For further discussion of factors that could materially affect the outcome of our forward-looking statements, see “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s joint Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. For these statements, the companies claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they are made. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section. Neither Vornado Realty Trust nor Vornado Realty L.P. undertakes any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date hereof.
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Item 2.03. | Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant. |
The disclosure contained in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference herein into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
99.1 Press Release, dated October 17, 2017.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
VORNADO REALTY TRUST | |
(Registrant) | |
By: | /s/ Matthew Iocco |
Name: | Matthew Iocco |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer (duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer) |
Date: October 18, 2017
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
VORNADO REALTY L.P. | |
(Registrant) | |
By: | VORNADO REALTY TRUST, |
Sole General Partner | |
By: | /s/ Matthew Iocco |
Name: | Matthew Iocco |
Title: | Chief Accounting Officer of Vornado Realty Trust, sole general partner of Vornado Realty L.P. (duly authorized officer and principal accounting officer) |
Date: October 18, 2017
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Exhibit Index
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EXHIBIT 99.1
CONTACT: JOSEPH MACNOW
(201) 587-1000
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888 Seventh Avenue | |||
New York, NY 10019 | |||
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 17, 2017
Vornado Extends $1.25 Billion of its $2.5 Billion Revolving Credit Facilities
NEW YORK….VORNADO REALTY TRUST (NYSE:VNO) announced today that Vornado Realty L.P., the operating partnership through which Vornado Realty Trust conducts its business, has extended one of its two $1.25 billion unsecured revolving credit facilities from November 2018 to January 2022 with two 6‑month extension options. The interest rate on the extended facility was lowered from LIBOR plus 105 basis points to LIBOR plus 100 basis points. The facility fee remains at 20 basis points. The interest rate and facility fees are the same as Vornado’s other $1.25 billion revolving credit facility, which matures in February 2021 with two 6-month extension options.
The joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the facility are JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, and Wells Fargo Securities LLC. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. serves as Administrative Agent. Bank of America, N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. serve as Co-Syndication Agents. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, TD Securities (USA) LLC, N.A., and U.S. Bank National Association serve as joint lead arrangers.
Vornado Realty Trust is a fully integrated equity real estate investment trust.
Certain statements contained herein may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, risks associated with the timing of and costs associated with property improvements, financing commitments and general competitive factors.
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