DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR) today announced the pricing of a public offering
of 18,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $25.00 per share,
for net proceeds of approximately $431.5 million after underwriting
discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses (or
approximately $496.3 million if the underwriters' overallotment option
is exercised in full). UDR has granted the underwriters a 30-day option
to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 shares of common stock to
cover overallotments, if any. The offering is expected to close on July
18, 2011, subject to customary closing conditions. All of the shares of
common stock were offered by the Company and will be issued under a
currently effective shelf registration statement filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
The Company expects to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund
potential and recent acquisitions, for working capital and for general
corporate purposes.
BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo
Securities served as joint book-running managers for the offering. A
preliminary prospectus supplement related to the public offering has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a final
prospectus supplement will be made available. Copies of the preliminary
prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement, when available,
may be obtained from Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated,
4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, Attn: Prospectus
Department or email dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com;
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155
Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, telephone: (866) 803-9204;
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, New
York 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: (866) 718-1649
or email: prospectus@morganstanley.com;
or Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Equity Syndicate Department, 375
Park Avenue, New York, NY 10152, telephone: 1.800.326.5897 or email: cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these
securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which the offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or
qualification under the security laws of any state or other
jurisdiction. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and
related prospectus supplement.
About UDR, Inc.
UDR, Inc. (NYSE: UDR), an S&P 400 company, is a leading multifamily real
estate investment trust with a demonstrated performance history of
delivering superior and dependable returns by successfully managing,
buying, selling, developing and redeveloping attractive real estate
properties in targeted U.S. markets. As of March 31, 2011, UDR owned or
had an ownership position in 59,614 apartment homes including 1,170
homes under development. For over 38 years, UDR has delivered long-term
value to shareholders, the best standard of service to residents, and
the highest quality experience for associates. Additional information
can be found on the Company's website at www.udr.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements made in this press release may constitute
“forward-looking statements.” Words such as “expects,” “intends,”
“believes,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “likely,” “will,” “seeks,”
“estimates” and variations of such words and similar expressions are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements, by their nature, involve estimates, projections, goals,
forecasts and assumptions and are subject to risks and uncertainties
that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from
those expressed in a forward-looking statement, due to a number of
factors, which include, but are not limited to, unfavorable changes in
the apartment market, changing economic conditions, the impact of
inflation/deflation on rental rates and property operating expenses,
expectations concerning availability of capital and the stabilization of
the capital markets, the impact of competition and competitive pricing,
acquisitions, developments and redevelopments not achieving anticipated
results, delays in completing developments, redevelopments and lease-ups
on schedule, expectations on job growth, home affordability and
demand/supply ratio for multifamily housing, expectations concerning
development and redevelopment activities, expectations on occupancy
levels, expectations concerning the Vitruvian ParkSM
development, expectations concerning the joint venture with MetLife,
expectations that automation will help grow net operating income,
expectations on annualized net operating income and other risk factors
discussed in documents filed by the Company with the Securities and
Exchange Commission from time to time, including the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K and the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Actual results may differ materially from those described in the
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements and such
risks, uncertainties and other factors speak only as of the date of this
press release, and the Company expressly disclaims any obligation or
undertaking to update or revise any forward-looking statement contained
herein, to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard
thereto, or any other change in events, conditions or circumstances on
which any such statement is based, except to the extent otherwise
required under the U.S. securities laws.
Source: UDR, Inc.
Contact:
UDR, Inc.
H. Andrew Cantor, 720-283-6083
acantor@udr.com