LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kilroy Realty Corporation (NYSE: KRC) today announced that its operating partnership, Kilroy Realty, L.P., completed an amendment to its $500 million unsecured credit facility, which reduced the borrowing costs and extended the maturity date to April 3, 2017. The unsecured credit facility now bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.45% and includes a 30 basis point facility fee. The interest rate and facility fee vary depending upon the company's credit ratings. Kilroy Realty, L.P. expects to use the facility for general corporate purposes, including funding its acquisition, development and redevelopment programs, and repaying long-term debt. The facility was syndicated to a group of 15 U.S. and international banks led by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, which acted as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners.
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. will be the administrative agent for the facility and Bank of America, N.A. will be the syndication agent. Barclays Bank PLC, Compass Bank, PNC Bank, National Association, Royal Bank of Canada, Union Bank, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. acted as joint documentation agents. Other participants in the facility include Bank of the West, a California banking corporation, Comerica Bank, KeyBank, National Association, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Cathay United Bank, LTD., and Chang Hwa Commercial Bank, LTD., Los Angeles Branch.
About Kilroy Realty Corporation. Kilroy Realty Corporation, a member of the S&P Small Cap 600 Index, is a real estate investment trust active in the office and industrial property sectors along the West Coast. For over 60 years, the company has owned, developed, acquired and managed real estate assets primarily in the coastal regions of Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, greater Seattle and the San Francisco Bay Area. At September 30, 2012, the company's stabilized office portfolio encompassed 12.7 million rentable square feet and its held for sale portfolio encompassed 3.7 million rentable square feet of office and industrial space. More information is available at http://www.kilroyrealty.com.
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