Digital Realty Announces Pricing Of Common Stock Offering

Published on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 20:16 Written by TradersHuddle Staff

SAN FRANCISCO, June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (the "Company" or "Digital Realty") (NYSE: DLR) today announced the pricing of a public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price of $72.25 per share, for net proceeds of approximately $692.8 million after underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses (or approximately $796.8 million if the underwriters' option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full). Digital Realty has granted the underwriters the option to purchase up to an additional 1,500,000 shares of common stock. The offering is expected to close on or about July 2, 2012. The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, prospectus and related preliminary prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Digital Realty intends to contribute the net proceeds from this offering to its operating partnership, Digital Realty Trust, L.P., which intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund a portion of the purchase price for the acquisition of a three-property data center portfolio located in the greater London area, referred to as the Sentrum Portfolio, or to temporarily repay borrowings under its global revolving credit facility, to acquire additional properties, to fund development and redevelopment opportunities, for general working capital purposes, including potentially for the repurchase, redemption or retirement of outstanding debt or preferred securities, or a combination of the foregoing.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Citigroup, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank Securities, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley are the joint book-running managers for the offering.

A copy of the prospectus supplement and prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, by contacting BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10038, Attn: Prospectus Department (email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ); or Citigroup, Brooklyn Army Terminal, 140 58th Street, 8th floor, Brooklyn, NY 11220 (telephone: 1-800-831-9146 or email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. ).

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state. The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement.

About Digital Realty

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. focuses on delivering customer driven data center solutions by providing secure, reliable and cost effective facilities that meet each customer's unique data center needs. Digital Realty's customers include domestic and international companies across multiple industry verticals ranging from information technology and Internet enterprises, to manufacturing and financial services. Digital Realty's 105 properties, excluding three properties held as investments in unconsolidated joint ventures, comprise approximately 20.0 million square feet as of June 22, 2012, including 2.3 million square feet of space held for redevelopment. Digital Realty's portfolio is located in 31 markets throughout Europe, North America, Singapore and Australia.

Safe Harbor Statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements which are based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially, including statements related to the completion and timing of the offering, the intended use of proceeds and the closing of the acquisition of the Sentrum Portfolio. These risks and uncertainties include, among others, the following: the impact of the recent deterioration in global economic, credit and market conditions, including the downgrade of the U.S. government's credit rating; current local economic conditions in our geographic markets; decreases in information technology spending, including as a result of economic slowdowns or recession; adverse economic or real estate developments in our industry or the industry sectors that we sell to (including risks relating to decreasing real estate valuations and impairment charges); our dependence upon significant tenants; bankruptcy or insolvency of a major tenant or a significant number of smaller tenants; defaults on or non-renewal of leases by tenants; our failure to obtain necessary debt and equity financing; increased interest rates and operating costs; risks associated with using debt to fund our business activities, including re-financing and interest rate risks, our failure to repay debt when due, adverse changes in our credit ratings or our breach of covenants or other terms contained in our loan facilities and agreements; financial market fluctuations; changes in foreign currency exchange rates; our inability to manage our growth effectively; difficulty acquiring or operating properties in foreign jurisdictions; our failure to successfully integrate and operate acquired or redeveloped properties or businesses; risks related to joint venture investments, including as a result of our lack of control of such investments; delays or unexpected costs in development or redevelopment of properties; decreased rental rates or increased vacancy rates; increased competition or available supply of data center space; our inability to successfully develop and lease new properties and space held for redevelopment; difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and completing acquisitions; our inability to acquire off-market properties; our inability to comply with the rules and regulations applicable to reporting companies; our failure to maintain our status as a REIT; possible adverse changes to tax laws; restrictions on our ability to engage in certain business activities; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; losses in excess of our insurance coverage; changes in foreign laws and regulations, including those related to taxation and real estate ownership and operation; and changes in local, state and federal regulatory requirements, including changes in real estate and zoning laws and increases in real property tax rates.  For a further list and description of such risks and uncertainties, see the reports and other filings by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.  The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

SOURCE Digital Realty Trust, Inc.