MALVERN, Pa., Jan. 24, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CubeSmart (NYSE: CUBE) today announced that its operating partnership, CubeSmart, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), priced an offering of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.375% senior unsecured notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. The Notes were priced at 99.356% of the principal amount with a yield to maturity of 4.455%. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by CubeSmart. The offering is expected to close on January 30, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds to repay $200.0 million of indebtedness incurred under the unsecured term loan portion of its credit facility maturing in January 2019 and to use the remaining net proceeds for working capital and other general corporate purposes, which may include repayment or repurchase of other indebtedness.
Wells Fargo Securities, Barclays and Jefferies acted as joint book-running managers for this offering. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Regions Securities LLC and US Bancorp acted as senior co-managers for this offering. BMO Capital Markets, BB&T Capital Markets, RBC Capital Markets and Stifel acted as co-managers for this offering.
This offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. You may obtain copies of these documents without charge from the SEC at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may request copies of these materials by contacting Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 608 2nd Avenue South, Suite 1000, Minneapolis, MN 55402, Attn: WFS Customer Service or by calling toll-free 1-800-645-3751 or by emailing wfscustomerservice@wellsfargo.com, by contacting Barclays Capital Inc., c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717 or by calling toll-free 1-888-603-5847 or by emailing barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com or by contacting Jefferies LLC, Investment Grade Debt Capital Markets, 520 Madison Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10022 or by calling toll-free 1-877-877-0696 or by emailing DCMProspectuses@jefferies.com. Alternatively, you may request these documents for free by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About the Company
CubeSmart is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust. The Company’s self-storage properties are designed to offer affordable, easily accessible, and, in most locations, climate-controlled storage space for residential and commercial customers.
Forward-Looking Information
This press release, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by CubeSmart (“we,” “us,” “our” or the “Company”), contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. For example, the fact that this offering has priced may imply that this offering will close, but the closing is subject to conditions customary in transactions of this type and may be delayed or may not occur at all. No assurance can be given that the offering discussed above will be completed on the terms described or at all, or that the net proceeds of the offering will be used as indicated. Completion of the offering on the terms described, and the application of the net proceeds of the offering, are subject to numerous possible events, factors and conditions, many of which are beyond the control of the Company and not all of which are known to us. Although we believe the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, future events and actual results, performance, transactions or achievements, financial and otherwise, may differ materially from the results, performance, transactions or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause such differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to:
- adverse changes in the national and local economic, business, real estate and other market conditions;
- the effect of competition from existing and new self-storage properties on our ability to maintain or raise occupancy and rental rates;
- the execution of our business plan;
- reduced availability and increased costs of external sources of capital;
- financing risks, including the risk of over-leverage and the corresponding risk of default on our mortgage and other debt and potential inability to refinance existing indebtedness;
- increases in interest rates and operating costs;
- counterparty non-performance related to the use of derivative financial instruments;
- our ability to maintain our status as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes;
- failure of acquisitions and developments to close on expected terms, or not at all, or to perform as expected;
- increases in taxes, fees, and assessments from state and local jurisdictions;
- the failure of our joint venture partners to fulfill their obligations to us or their pursuit of actions that are inconsistent with our objectives;
- reductions in asset valuations and related impairment charges;
- cyber security breaches or a failure of our networks, systems or technology, which could adversely impact our business, customer and employee relationships;
- changes in real estate and zoning laws or regulations;
- risks related to natural disasters or acts of violence, terrorism or war that affect the markets in which we operate;
- potential environmental and other liabilities;
- uninsured losses;
- other factors affecting the real estate industry generally or the self-storage industry in particular; and
- other risks identified in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and, from time to time, in other reports that we file with the SEC or in other documents that we publicly disseminate.
Given these uncertainties, we caution readers not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as may be required by securities laws.
Company Contact:
CubeSmart
Charles Place
Director, Investor Relations
(610) 535-5700
Source: CubeSmart