ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES,INC. (NYSE:ARE-E) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

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ALEXANDRIA REAL ESTATE EQUITIES,INC. (NYSE:ARE-E) Files An 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 1.01 Entry Into a Material Agreement

On June21, 2018, Alexandria Real Estate Equities,Inc. (the “Company”) issued and sold $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) and $450,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 4.700% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes,” and together with the 2024 Notes, the “Notes”) in a registered public offering to an effective shelf registration statement on FormS-3 on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The 2024 Notes are governed by the terms of an Indenture, dated as of March3, 2017 (the “Base Indenture”), by and among the Company, as issuer, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P., as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No.3, dated as of June21, 2018 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee. The 2030 Notes are governed by the terms of the Base Indenture, as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No.4, dated as of June21, 2018 (the “Fourth Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture, the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee.

The 2024 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.000% per year, from and including June21, 2018 or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid, and are payable semi-annually in arrears on January15 and July15 of each year, beginning on January15, 2019. The 2024 Notes mature on January15, 2024. The 2030 Notes bear interest at a rate of 4.700% per year, from and including June21, 2018 or the most recent interest payment date to which interest has been paid, and are payable semi-annually in arrears on January1 and July1 of each year, beginning on January1, 2019. The 2030 Notes mature on July1, 2030. Each series of the Notes is fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a senior basis, by the Guarantor (each, a “Guarantee”), is the unsecured senior obligations of the Company and ranks equally with the Company’s existing and future unsecured senior indebtedness.

The Company has the option to redeem all or a part of the Notes at any time or from time to time. Before December15, 2023, the redemption price for the 2024 Notes will equal the sum of (i)50% of the principal amount of the 2024 Notes being redeemed, (ii)accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of the redemption, and (iii)a make-whole amount. On or after December15, 2023, the redemption price for the 2024 Notes will be equal to the sum of 50% of the principal amount of the 2024 Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption. Before April1, 2030, the redemption price for the 2030 Notes will equal the sum of (i)50% of the principal amount of the 2030 Notes being redeemed, (ii)accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of the redemption, and (iii)a make-whole amount. On or after April1, 2030, the redemption price for the 2030 Notes will be equal to the sum of 50% of the principal amount of the 2030 Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the date of redemption.

The Indenture contains covenants that, among other things, limit the ability of the Company, the Guarantor and the Company’s subsidiaries to (i)consummate a merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets and (ii)incur secured or unsecured indebtedness. These covenants are subject to a number of important exceptions and qualifications.

The Indenture also provides for customary events of default. In the case of an event of default resulting from certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other event of default under the Indenture with respect to a series of the Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series may declare all the Notes of such series to be due and payable immediately.

The foregoing descriptions of the Notes and the Indenture do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Base Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the form of the 2024 Notes and Guarantee, the Fourth Supplemental Indenture and the form of the 2030 Notes and Guarantee, which are filed as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 and 4.5 respectively, to this Current Report on Form8-K and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form8-K pertaining to the Notes and the Indenture is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

4.1*

Indenture, dated as of March3, 2017, among Alexandria Real Estate Equities,Inc., Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee, filed as an exhibit to the Company’s current report on Form8-K filed with the SEC on March3, 2017.

4.2

Supplemental Indenture No.3, dated as of June21, 2018, by and among Alexandria Real Estate Equities,Inc., Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee.

4.3

Formof 4.000% Senior Note due 2024 (included in Exhibit4.2 above).

4.4

Supplemental Indenture No.4, dated as of June21, 2018, by and among Alexandria Real Estate Equities,Inc., Alexandria Real Estate Equities, L.P. and Branch Banking and Trust Company, as trustee.


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