First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO), a leading owner of office and business park properties in the greater Washington D.C. region, today announced that it intends to redeem the remaining 600,000 outstanding shares of its 7.750% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Shares on July 6, 2016 (the "Redemption Date"). The Company will utilize proceeds from the prepayment of the $34 million 950 F Street, NW mezzanine loan, which was prepaid on June 2, 2016, to fund the redemption of the remaining $15 million in aggregate principal amount of Series A Preferred Shares and to repay outstanding indebtedness. The mezzanine loan was freely pre-payable as of December 21, 2015. The Series A Preferred Shares will be redeemed at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus the amount equal to all accrued and unpaid dividends on each Series A Preferred Share to be redeemed from May 16, 2016 up to, but not including, the Redemption Date.
Dividends on the Series A Preferred Shares will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date. Upon redemption, the Series A Preferred Shares will no longer be outstanding, and all rights of the holders will terminate, except the right of the holders of the redeemed shares to receive the cash payable upon such redemption, without interest. Upon redemption, the Series A Preferred Shares will be delisted from trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the Redemption Date.
All Series A Preferred Shares are held in book-entry form through the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") and will be redeemed in accordance with the procedures of DTC. Payment to DTC for the Series A Preferred Shares will be made by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC as redemption agent.
The address for the redemption agent is as follows:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC
6201 15th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11219
Attn: Reorganization Dept.
E-mail: info@amstock.com
About First Potomac Realty Trust
First Potomac Realty Trust is a self-administered, self-managed real estate investment trust that focuses on owning, operating, developing and redeveloping office and business park properties in the greater Washington, D.C. region. FPO common shares (NYSE: FPO) and preferred shares (NYSE: FPO-PA) are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. As of March 31, 2016, our consolidated portfolio totaled 6.5 million square feet. Based on annualized cash basis rent, our portfolio consists of 64% office properties and 36% business park and industrial properties. A key element of First Potomac's overarching strategy is its dedication to sustainability. Over one million square feet of First Potomac property is LEED Certified and approximately half of the portfolio's multi-story office square footage is LEED or Energy Star Certified.
