INDIANAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Kite Realty Group Trust (NYSE:KRG) (the “Company”) announced today that its operating partnership, Kite Realty Group, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), has priced $300 million of 4.00% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) in an underwritten public offering. The Notes will be issued at 99.599% of par value with a yield to maturity of 4.049%. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 of each year, beginning on April 1, 2017. The offering is scheduled to close on September 26, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.

The Operating Partnership intends to use $200 million of the net proceeds from the offering to pay off its $200 million term loan maturing July 1, 2019 (or January 1, 2020 if the six-month extension option were to be exercised). The Operating Partnership intends to use the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment of amounts outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility and other outstanding indebtedness, acquisitions of additional properties, capital expenditures, the expansion, redevelopment and/or improvement of properties in its portfolio, working capital and other general purposes.

U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC acted as joint book-running managers for this offering. Citigroup Global Markets Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Regions Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., The Huntington Investment Company and Raymond James & Associates, Inc. served as co-managers.

The offering is being made pursuant to a shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) which became effective on March 11, 2015. A preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering has been filed with the SEC.

This press release is for information purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or 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 jurisdiction.

The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus and related prospectus supplement. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be obtained, when available, by contacting U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., 214 N. Tryon Street, 26^th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28202, telephone toll-free at 1-877-558-2607, or Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte, NC 28255-0001, Attn: Prospectus Department, email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com, telephone toll-free at 1-800-294-1322.

About Kite Realty Group Trust

Kite Realty Group Trust is a full-service, vertically integrated real estate investment trust engaged in the ownership, operation, management, leasing, acquisition, construction, redevelopment and development of neighborhood and community shopping centers in selected markets in the United States. As of June 30, 2016, the Company owned interests in a portfolio of 121 operating, development and redevelopment properties totaling approximately 24 million total square feet across 20 states.

Safe Harbor

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations that may not be realized and are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some of which might not even be anticipated. Future events and actual results, performance, transactions or achievements, financial or otherwise, may differ materially from the results, performance, transactions or achievements, financial or otherwise, expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Risks, uncertainties and other factors that might cause such differences, some of which could be material, include, but are not limited to: national and local economic, business, real estate and other market conditions, particularly in light of low growth in the U.S. economy, as well as economic uncertainty caused by fluctuations in the prices of oil and other energy sources, financing risks, including the availability of and costs associated with sources of liquidity, the Company’s ability to refinance, or extend the maturity dates of, its indebtedness, the level and volatility of interest rates, the financial stability of tenants, including their ability to pay rent and the risk of tenant bankruptcies, the competitive environment in which the Company operates, acquisition, disposition, development, joint venture, property ownership and management risks, the Company’s ability to maintain its status as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes, potential environmental and other liabilities, impairment in the value of real estate property the Company owns, risks related to the geographical concentration of the Company’s properties in Florida, Indiana and Texas, insurance costs and coverage, risks associated with cybersecurity attacks and the loss of confidential information and other business interruptions, the dilutive effects of future offerings of issuing additional securities, and other factors affecting the real estate industry generally. The Company refers you to the documents filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC, specifically the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, which discuss these and other factors that could adversely affect the Company’s results. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Kite Realty Group Trust
Maggie Daniels, CFA, 317-713-7644
Investor Relations
mdaniels@kiterealty.com

Source: Kite Realty Group Trust