Greenwich commercial landlord Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. is offering $62.4 million to redeem its outstanding series E preferred stock.
The real estate investment trust announced the offer days before the scheduled Wednesday closing on its offering of a new class of preferred expected to gross at least $109 million.
The REIT has previously declared its intent to use Net proceeds from the sale of at least 4.5 million shares of series F preferred for corporate purposes, including retiring debt and obligations and to buy more real estate.
Urstadt Biddle said it will pay $25.77 for each 2.4 million outstanding share of its five-year-old series E preferred.
The company said its “make-whole’’ offer doesn’t include the scheduled 53.125-cents-a-share dividend due on Halloween to series E holders of record by Oct. 19. Those dividends will still be paid before the Nov. 21 redemption deadline, the REIT said.
The redemption agent/paying agent is Computershare Trust Co.
Urstadt Biddle priced 4.5 million shares of its series F preferred priced at $25 each, and earmarked another 675,000 shares to cover over-allotments, if any, which could gross $16.9 million more for the REIT.
Both gross amounts are before the deduction of offering fees and expenses.
