LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc. (the “Company” or “Rexford Industrial”) (NYSE:REXR), a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating industrial properties located in Southern California infill markets, announced today that it has commenced a public offering of 15,000,000 shares of its common stock pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company expects to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,250,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount.
The Company intends to contribute the net proceeds from this offering to its operating partnership, which will use the net proceeds from the offering to repay indebtedness, fund potential acquisition opportunities and for general corporate purposes.
BofA Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan, Wells Fargo Securities, Citigroup and Jefferies are acting as joint book-runners of the offering.
A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with, and declared effective by, the Securities and Exchange Commission. This offering of these securities is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company's prospectus, dated August 12, 2014, filed as part of the Company’s effective shelf registration statement relating to these securities. Copies of the preliminary prospectus can be obtained from:
| BofA Merrill Lynch | J.P. Morgan Securities LLC | ||||||
| 222 Broadway | Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions | ||||||
| New York, New York 10038 | 1155 Long Island Avenue | ||||||
| Attention: Prospectus Department | Edgewood, New York 11717 | ||||||
| Phone: (866) 803-9204 | |||||||
| Wells Fargo Securities | Citigroup | ||||||
| Attention: Equity Syndicate Dept. | c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions | ||||||
| 375 Park Avenue | 1155 Long Island Avenue | ||||||
| New York, New York 10152 | Edgewood, New York 11717 | ||||||
| Phone: (800) 831-9146 | |||||||
| Phone: (800) 326-5897 | |||||||
| Jefferies LLC | |||||||
| Attention: Equity Syndicate Prospectus Department | |||||||
| 520 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor | |||||||
| New York, New York 10022 | |||||||
| Phone: 1-877-547-6340 | |||||||
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Rexford Industrial
Rexford Industrial is a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating industrial properties in Southern California infill markets. The Company owns interests in 88 properties with approximately 9.5 million rentable square feet and manages an additional 20 properties with approximately 1.2 million rentable square feet.
Forward Looking Statements:
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