COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (a Delaware Limited Partnership) Debt Securities TERMS AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.2
Execution copy
COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(a Delaware Limited Partnership)
Debt Securities
TERMS AGREEMENT
Dated: June 16, 2004
To: COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
Suite 750
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Attention:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We (the Representatives) understand that Colonial Realty Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the Operating Partnership), proposes to issue and sell $300,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its senior debt securities (such debt securities being hereinafter referred to as the Underwritten Securities). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, the underwriters named below (the Underwriters) offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the respective principal amounts of Underwritten Securities (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement referenced below) set forth below opposite their respective names at the purchase price set forth below.
Principal Amount of | ||||
Underwriter | Underwritten Securities | |||
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | $ | 120,000,000 | ||
Banc of America Securities LLC | 75,000,000 | |||
Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc. | 35,000,000 | |||
SouthTrust Securities, Inc. | 35,000,000 | |||
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC | 35,000,000 | |||
Total | $ | 300,000,000 | ||
The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms:
Title: | 6.25% Senior Notes due 2014 | |
Rank: | Pari passu with all other unsecured and | |
unsubordinated indebtedness of the | ||
Operating Partnership | ||
Ratings: | Baa3/BBB- | |
Aggregate principal amount: | $300,000,000 | |
Denominations: | $1,000 and integral multiples thereof | |
Currency of payment: | U.S. dollars | |
Interest rate or formula: | 6.25% per annum | |
Interest payment dates: | Payable semi-annually in arrears | |
on each June 15 and December 15, | ||
commencing December 15, 2004 | ||
Regular record dates: | June 1 and December 1, as applicable | |
Stated maturity date: | June 15, 2014 | |
Redemption provisions: | Redeemable at any time at the option of the | |
Operating Partnership, in whole or | ||
in part, at a redemption price equal | ||
to the sum of: (i) the | ||
principal amount of the Underwritten | ||
Securities being redeemed plus | ||
accrued but unpaid interest to the | ||
redemption date; and (ii) the | ||
Make-Whole Amount, if any | ||
Sinking fund requirements: | N/A | |
Conversion provisions: | N/A |
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Listing requirements: | N/A | |
Black-out provisions: | The Operating Partnership will not from | |
the date of this Terms Agreement through | ||
the Closing Time, without the prior | ||
written consent of Citigroup Global | ||
Markets Inc. and Banc of America | ||
Securities LLC, offer, sell or contract | ||
to sell, or otherwise dispose of (or | ||
enter into any transaction which is | ||
designed to, or might reasonably be | ||
expected to, result in the disposition | ||
(whether by actual disposition or | ||
effective economic disposition due to | ||
cash settlement or otherwise) by the | ||
Operating Partnership or any affiliate | ||
of the Operating Partnership or any | ||
person in privity with the Operating | ||
Partnership or any Affiliate of the | ||
Operating Partnership), directly or | ||
indirectly, or announce the offering of, | ||
any debt securities issued or guaranteed | ||
by the Operating Partnership (other than | ||
the Underwritten Securities listed | ||
above). | ||
Fixed or Variable Price Offering: | Fixed Price Offering | |
Initial public offering price per Underwritten Security: | 99.30% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from June 23, 2004 | |
Purchase price per Underwritten Security: | 98.65% of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, | |
from June 23, 2004 | ||
Other terms and conditions: | N/A | |
Closing date and location: | June 23, 2004 at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP at | |
9:00 A.M. |
All the provisions contained in the document attached as Annex A hereto entitled Colonial Realty Limited Partnership Debt Securities Underwriting Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document are used herein as therein defined.
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Please accept this offer by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us.
Very truly yours, | ||||||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||||
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | ||||||
BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. | ||||||
SOUTHTRUST SECURITIES, INC. | ||||||
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS, LLC | ||||||
By: Citigroup Global Markets Inc. | ||||||
By: | /s/ Mark Chu | |||||
Name: Mark Chu | ||||||
Title: Vice President | ||||||
By: Banc of America Securities LLC | ||||||
By: | /s/ Peter J. Carbone | |||||
Name: Peter J. Carbone | ||||||
Title: Vice President | ||||||
Acting on behalf of themselves and the other named Underwriters. |
Accepted: | ||
COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, the Operating Partnership | ||
By: | Colonial Properties Trust (its general partner) | |
By: | /s/ Weston M. Andress | |
Name: Weston M. Andress | ||
Title: Chief Financial and Investment Officer |
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