SAN FRANCISCO, June 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Realty
(NYSE: DLR), a leading global provider of data center, colocation
and interconnection solutions, announced today that Digital
Dutch Finco B.V., an indirect wholly owned finance subsidiary of
the company's operating partnership, Digital Realty Trust, L.P.,
priced an offering of €500,000,000 of Euro-denominated 1.250%
Guaranteed Notes due 2031 (the "Euro Notes").
The Euro Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of Digital
Dutch Finco B.V. and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed
by the company and the operating partnership. Interest on the
Euro Notes will be payable annually in arrears at a rate of 1.250%
per annum from and including June 26,
2020 and will mature on February 1, 2031. Closing
of the offering is expected to occur on June
26, 2020, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing
conditions.
The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of
the Euro Notes to temporarily repay borrowings outstanding under
the operating partnership's global revolving credit facilities,
acquire additional properties or businesses, fund development
opportunities, invest in interest-bearing accounts and short-term,
interest-bearing securities consistent with the company's intention
to qualify as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and to
provide for working capital and other general corporate purposes,
including potentially for the repayment of other debt, or the
repurchase, redemption or retirement of outstanding debt or equity
securities, or a combination of the foregoing.
The Euro Notes are being sold only outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Euro
Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities
Act and may not be offered or sold in the
United States or to United
States persons (within the meaning of Regulation S under the
Securities Act) absent registration or an applicable exemption from
registration requirements. This press release shall not
constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy
the Euro Notes, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale
of the Euro Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer,
solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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 timing and consummation of the
offering of the Euro Notes and the expected use of the net
proceeds. The company can provide no assurances that it will
be able to complete the offering on the anticipated terms, or at
all. For a further list and description of such risks and
uncertainties, see the company's reports and other filings with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 and the Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2020. 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.
Reg S Statement
This communication is not an offer to
sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy securities of Digital
Realty Trust, Inc. or its subsidiaries. The securities have
not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act, or
with any securities regulatory authority of any state or other
jurisdiction of the United States.
Consequently, the securities may not be offered, sold,
resold, transferred, delivered or distributed, directly or
indirectly, into or within the United
States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a
transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities
laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. Any offering of the
securities will be conducted pursuant to Regulation S under the
Securities Act.
Notice to EEA Retail Investors
The Euro Notes are not
intended to be offered, sold or otherwise made available to and,
with effect from such date, should not be offered, sold or
otherwise made available to any retail investor in the European
Economic Area (the "EEA") or in the United Kingdom. For these purposes, a
retail investor means a person who is one (or more) of: (i) a
retail client as defined in point (11) of Article 4(1) of Directive
2014/65/EU (as amended, "MiFID II"); or (ii) a customer within the
meaning of Directive 2016/97/EU (recast) (as amended, the "IMD"),
where that customer would not qualify as a professional client as
defined in point (10) of Article 4(1) of MiFID II. No key
information document required by Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 (as
amended, the "PRIIPs Regulation") for offering or selling any in
scope instrument or otherwise making such instruments available to
retail investors in the EEA or in the United Kingdom has been prepared.
Offering or selling the Euro Notes or otherwise making them
available to any retail investor in the EEA or in the United Kingdom may be unlawful under the
PRIIPs Regulation. This communication has been prepared on
the basis that any offers or sales of Euro Notes in any Member
State of the EEA will be made pursuant to an exemption under
Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 (as amended or superseded, the
"Prospectus Regulation") from the requirement to publish a
prospectus for offers or sales of Euro Notes. This
communication is not a prospectus for the purposes of the
Prospectus Regulation.
CONTACT:
John Stewart
1-415-848-9311
jstewart@digitalrealty.com
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