LOS ANGELES--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the aCompanya) (NYSE: HPP) today announced the completion of the public offering of 2,300,000 shares of its 8.375% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock (including 300,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued and sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwritersa over-allotment option in full) with the liquidation preference of $25.00 per share.
Proceeds from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts, were approximately $56.1 million (before transaction costs). The Company intends to use the proceeds of the offering to repay indebtedness outstanding under its secured revolving credit facility.
Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital were the book-running managers for the offering.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the offered shares, nor shall there be any sale of such shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or other jurisdiction. This offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus.
A copy of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be obtained by contacting Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Syndicate Operations, 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28262, by calling 800-326-5897 or by e-mail at[ cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com ]; BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, or by email at [ prospectus.requests@ml.com ]; or Barclays Capital, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by calling 1-888-603-5847, or by email at [ barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com ].
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern and Southern California. The Companyas strategic investment program targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable, long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and the East Bay. The Companyas portfolio consists of approximately 4.4 million square feet. The Company has elected to be taxed and intends to operate in a manner that will allow it to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal income tax purposes, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010. Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a component of the Russell 2000 and the Russell 3000 indices.For more information, please visit[ www.hudsonpacificproperties.com ].
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