REDWOOD CITY, Calif.,
March 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/
-- Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the global interconnection
and data center company, today announced that the company has been
added to the FTSE NAREIT US Real Estate Index Series, including the
FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index, FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index,
FTSE NAREIT Composite Index, and FTSE NAREIT Diversified Property
Sector, effective with the market open on Monday, March 23, 2015.
"Our conversion to a REIT on January
1st 2015 expands the universe of potential investors, and
many of the characteristics that our traditional investor base find
attractive translate well into the REIT domain, including our
unique portfolio of assets, healthy stabilized asset growth and
long history of success with new development," said Steve Smith, CEO for Equinix. "We are very
pleased to join this index series, and look forward to continued
progress against our goals of maximizing total shareholder return,
driving top-line growth, growing cash dividends, and continuing to
invest in our development activities to enhance value delivered to
our customers."
The FTSE NAREIT US Real Estate Index Series is designed to
represent general trends in eligible real estate equities. Relevant
activities are defined as the ownership, disposal and development
of income-producing real estate. For more information, please
visit http://www.ftse.com/products/home
About Equinix
Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX) connects
the world's leading businesses to their customers, employees and
partners inside the most interconnected data centers. In 33
markets worldwide, Equinix is where companies come together to
realize new opportunities and accelerate their business, IT and
cloud strategies. http://www.equinix.com/.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ
materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking
statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but
are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and
constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering
Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to
the integration of companies we have acquired or will acquire into
Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in
recently built out or acquired data centers; failure to complete
any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time;
competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to
generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay
new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business
from our key customers; and other risks described from time to time
in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which
are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume
any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained
in this press release.
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