UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 5, 2016

 

 

NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		001-11290		56-1431377
(State or other jurisdiction		(Commission		(IRS Employer
of incorporation)		File Number)		Identification No.)

 

450 South Orange Avenue Suite 900 Orlando, Florida		32801
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (407) 265-7348

Not applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 6, 2016, National Retail Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) announced an underwritten public offering of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.60% Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated December 5, 2016 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Notes will be governed by the Indenture dated as of March 25, 1998 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, which will be supplemented by a fifteenth supplemental indenture. The offering is expected to close on December 12, 2016, subject to customary closing conditions.

The net proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $342.9 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility. In addition, the Company intends to use the remainder of the net proceeds from the offering to fund future property acquisitions and for general corporate purposes.

The Notes offered will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all of the Company’s other existing and future senior indebtedness. The Notes will bear interest at 3.60% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually on June 15 and December 15, commencing June 15, 2017. The Notes will mature on December 15, 2026.

The Notes are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202237), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on February 23, 2015.

The summary of the Underwriting Agreement in this Current Report on Form 8-K does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward-Looking Statements:

Statements in this current report that are not strictly historical are “forward-looking” statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, which may cause the Company’s actual future results to differ materially from expected results. For example, the fact that the offering has priced may imply that the offering will close, but the closing is subject to conditions customary in transactions of this type and may be delayed or may not occur at all. Additional risks and information concerning those and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking statements are contained from time to time in the Company’s other SEC filings, including, but not limited to, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. Copies of such filings may be obtained from the Company or the SEC. Such forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as reflections of the Company’s current operating plans, intentions, expectations and estimates. Actual outcomes and operating results may differ, in some cases materially, from what is expressed or forecast in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release or update the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date these statements were made.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

1.1

Underwriting Agreement, dated December 5, 2016, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: December 6, 2016