Granite REIT Completes C$300 Million Offering of Senior Unsecured Debentures and Repayment of Its C$300 Million Term Loan
February 04 2025 - 7:55AM
Business Wire
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite” or the
“REIT”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U) announced today that its
wholly owned subsidiary Granite REIT Holdings Limited Partnership
(“Granite LP”) has completed its previously announced
offering (the “Offering”) of C$300 million aggregate
principal amount of Series 10 senior unsecured debentures bearing
interest at Daily Compounded CORRA plus 0.77% per annum, payable
quarterly in arrears, and maturing on December 11, 2026 (the
“Debentures”). The Debentures are guaranteed by Granite and
Granite REIT Inc.
Through an existing cross currency interest rate swap, Granite
LP has exchanged the Canadian dollar denominated principal and
floating rate interest payments related to the Debentures for Euro
denominated principal and fixed interest payments, resulting in an
effective fixed interest rate of 0.27% per annum for the term of
the Debentures.
Granite also announced today that Granite LP has repaid in full,
without penalty, its C$300 million senior unsecured non-revolving
term facility, which had a maturity date of December 11, 2026,
using the net proceeds from the Offering.
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition,
development, ownership and management of logistics, warehouse and
industrial properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns 143
investment properties representing approximately 63.3 million
square feet of leasable area.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents
about Granite are available through the internet on SEDAR+ which
can be accessed at www.sedarplus.ca and on the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering,
Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR) which can be accessed at
www.sec.gov.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of an offer to buy securities in the United States,
and the Debentures may not be offered or sold in the United States
absent registration or an applicable exemption from the
registration requirements of the United States Securities Act of
1933, as amended.
For further information, please see our website at
www.granitereit.com or contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial
Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Senior Director, Legal
& Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain statements that, to the extent
they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute
“forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information”
within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the United
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable
Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information may include, among others, Granite’s
plans, goals, strategies, intentions, beliefs, estimates, costs,
objectives, economic performance, expectations, or foresight or the
assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Words such as “may”,
“would”, “could”, “will”, “likely”, “expect”, “anticipate”,
“believe”, “intend”, “plan”, “forecast”, “project”, “estimate”,
“seek”, “objective” and similar expressions are used to identify
forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.
Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information should
not be read as guarantees of events, performance or results and
will not necessarily be accurate indications of whether or the
times at or by which future events or performance will be achieved.
Undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.
Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information are
based on information available at the time and/or management’s good
faith assumptions and analyses made in light of its perception of
historical trends, current conditions and expected future
developments, as well as other factors management believes are
appropriate in the circumstances, and are subject to known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other unpredictable factors, many
of which are beyond Granite’s control, that could cause actual
events or results to differ materially from such forward-looking
statements and forward-looking information. Important factors that
could cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the
risks set forth in the annual information form of Granite Real
Estate Investment Trust and Granite REIT Inc. dated February 28,
2024 (the “Annual Information Form”) and management’s
discussion and analysis of results of operations and financial
position for the three and nine month periods ended September 30,
2024 (“Q3 MD&A”). The “Risk Factors” section of the
Annual Information Form and the “Risks and Uncertainties” section
of the Q3 MD&A also contain information about the material
factors or assumptions underlying such forward-looking statements
and forward-looking information. Forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information speak only as of the date the
statements and information were made and unless otherwise required
by applicable securities laws, Granite expressly disclaims any
intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements or forward-looking information contained
in this press release to reflect subsequent information, events or
circumstances or otherwise.
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Teresa Neto, Chief Financial Officer 647-925-7560 Andrea
Sanelli, Senior Director, Legal & Investor Services
647-925-7504
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