CLEVELAND, May 5, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Associated Estates Realty Corporation (NYSE:AEC) (Nasdaq:AEC) today announced that it plans to sell 8,000,000 of its common shares in an underwritten public offering. Associated Estates also plans to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,200,000 of its common shares to cover over-allotments, if any. All of the shares will be offered by Associated Estates and will be issued under the Company's currently effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Associated Estates intends to use the net proceeds received from the offering to redeem all of its preferred depositary shares, which each represent 1/10th of a share of its 8.70% Class B Series II Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, to redeem all of its variable rate unsecured trust preferred securities, to partially fund property acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. Pending application for the foregoing purposes, Associated Estates intends to use the net proceeds to temporarily repay borrowings outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility.
Citi and Raymond James will serve as joint book-running managers for the offering. A preliminary prospectus supplement and final prospectus supplement related to the public offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of the final prospectus supplement, when available, may be obtained from Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220; Attention: Prospectus Department; Telephone: 800-831-9146 or Raymond James & Associates, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, FL 33716, Telephone: 800-248-8863.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement forming part of the effective shelf registration statement.
Associated Estates is a real estate investment trust ("REIT") and is a member of the Russell 2000. The Company is headquartered in Richmond Heights, Ohio. Associated Estates' owned and non-owned portfolio consists of 49 properties containing 12,366 units located in eight states.
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