UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 


 

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2009

 


 

SL GREEN REALTY CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

Maryland

 

001-13199

 

13-3956775

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

420 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York,

 

10170

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(212) 594-2700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure

 

SL Green Realty Corp.  (the “Company”) (NYSE: SLG) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of 14,500,000 shares of common stock.  In addition, the Company expects to grant to the underwriters for the public offering an option for 30 days to purchase up to 2,175,000 additional shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any. Merrill Lynch & Co. will serve as the book-running manager for the offering.

 

The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate and/or working capital purposes, which may include investment opportunities, purchases of the indebtedness of its subsidiaries in the open market from time to time, and the repayment of indebtedness at the applicable maturity or put date. This offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company’s prospectus, dated November 28, 2006, filed as part of the Company’s effective shelf registration statement relating to these securities.

 

The Company today announced that its board of directors has determined that contingent upon completion of the public offering of common stock announced today, the Company is reducing the quarterly per share common stock dividend from $0.375, or $1.50 on an annual basis, to $0.10, or $0.40 on an annual basis. The Company can provide no assurance that its board of directors will not reduce or eliminate entirely dividend distributions on its common stock if the public offering of common stock is not completed, or in the future even if such offering is completed.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of SL Green Realty Corp. dated May 11, 2009.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release of SL Green Realty Corp. dated May 11, 2009.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SL GREEN REALTY CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: May 11, 2009

By:

/s/ GREGORY F. HUGHES

 

 

Gregory F. Hughes

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1

 

Press Release of SL Green Realty Corp. dated May 11, 2009.

 

 

 

99.2

 

Press Release of SL Green Realty Corp. dated May 11, 2009.

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

CONTACT

Gregory Hughes

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

-or-

Heidi Gillette

Investor Relations

(212) 594-2700

 

SL Green Realty Corp. Announces Commencement
of Public Offering of Common Stock

 

New York,  New York — May 11, 2009 —SL Green Realty Corp. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SLG) today announced that it has commenced a public offering of 14,500,000 shares of common stock.  In addition, the Company expects to grant to the underwriters for the public offering an option for 30 days to purchase up to 2,175,000 additional shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any. Merrill Lynch & Co. will serve as the book-running manager for the offering.

 

The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate and/or working capital purposes, which may include investment opportunities, purchases of the indebtedness of its subsidiaries in the open market from time to time, and the repayment of indebtedness at the applicable maturity or put date. This offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement to the Company’s prospectus, dated November 28, 2006, filed as part of the Company’s effective shelf registration statement relating to these securities.

 

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or other 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 other jurisdiction.

 

Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained by contacting Merrill Lynch & Co., Attention: Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080.

 

About the Company

 

SL Green Realty Corp. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, that predominantly acquires, owns, repositions and manages Manhattan office properties. The Company is the only publicly held REIT that specializes in this niche. As of March 31, 2009, the Company owned interests in 29 New York City office properties totaling approximately 23,211,200 square feet, making it New York’s largest office landlord. In addition, at March 31, 2009, SL Green held investment interests in, among other things, eight retail properties encompassing approximately 400,212 square feet, three development properties encompassing approximately 399,800 square feet and two land interests, along with ownership interests in 32 suburban assets totaling 6,949,700 square feet in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey.

 



 

Statements made in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “plan,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and as may be supplemented or amended by the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.

 

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Exhibit 99.2

 

CONTACT

Gregory Hughes

Chief Financial Officer & Chief Operating Officer

-or-

Heidi Gillette

Investor Relations

(212) 594-2700

 

SL Green Realty Corp. Announces Reduction
Of Regular Quarterly Common Stock Dividend

 

New York, New York —May 11, 2009— SL Green Realty Corp. (the “Company”) (NYSE: SLG) today announced that its board of directors has determined that contingent upon completion of the public offering of common stock announced today, the Company is reducing the quarterly per share common stock dividend from $0.375, or $1.50 on an annual basis, to $0.10, or $0.40 on an annual basis. The Company can provide no assurance that its board of directors will not reduce or eliminate entirely dividend distributions on its common stock if the public offering of common stock is not completed, or in the future even if such offering is completed.

 

About the Company

 

SL Green Realty Corp. is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, that predominantly acquires, owns, repositions and manages Manhattan office properties. The Company is the only publicly held REIT that specializes in this niche. As of March 31, 2009, the Company owned interests in 29 New York City office properties totaling approximately 23,211,200 square feet, making it New York’s largest office landlord. In addition, at March 31, 2009, SL Green held investment interests in, among other things, eight retail properties encompassing approximately 400,212 square feet, three development properties encompassing approximately 399,800 square feet and two land interests, along with ownership interests in 32 suburban assets totaling 6,949,700 square feet in Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Westchester County, Connecticut and New Jersey.

 

Statements made in this press release may be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “plan,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” or comparable terminology. Such forward-looking statements are inherently subject to certain risks, trends and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate, and involve factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or suggested. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and are advised to consider the factors listed above together with the additional factors under the heading “Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K, as amended, and as may be supplemented or amended by the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The

 



 

Company assumes no obligation to update or supplement forward-looking statements that become untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise.

 

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