First Industrial Realty Trust Inc【FR】株式ニュース

Anyone still in this? Or planning on getting back in?

Probably won't be getting a divvy at the end of the year, but these guys are working hard to pay down debt and raise cash. Divvy's will be coming back soon, imo.

We believe that we were in compliance with our financial covenants as of September 30, 2009, and we anticipate that we will be able to operate in compliance with our financial covenants for the remainder of 2009. However, our ability to meet our financial covenants may be reduced if economic and credit market conditions limit our property sales and reduce our net operating income below our projections. We plan to enhance our liquidity, and reduce our indebtedness, through a combination of capital retention, mortgage and equity financing, asset sales and the repayment of outstanding debt.

• Capital Retention — We plan to retain capital by distributing the minimum amount of dividends required to maintain our REIT status. We did not pay a common dividend in April 2009, July 2009 or October 2009 and may not pay dividends for the last quarter of 2009 depending on our taxable income. If we are required to pay common stock dividends for 2009, we may elect to satisfy this obligation by distributing a combination of cash and common shares.

• Mortgage Financing — During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we originated $47.1 and $201.3 million, respectively, in mortgage financings with maturities ranging from September 2014 to July 2019 and interest rates ranging from 6.42% to 7.87% (see Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements). We believe these mortgage financings comply with all covenants contained in our Unsecured Line of Credit and our senior debt securities, including coverage ratios and total indebtedness, total unsecured indebtedness and total secured indebtedness limitations. We are in active discussions with various lenders regarding the origination of additional mortgage financing and the terms and conditions thereof. We expect to use proceeds from our mortgage financings to pay down our debt. No assurances can be made that additional mortgage financing will be obtained.

• Equity Financing — During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we sold 3,034,120 shares of the company’s common stock, generating approximately $15.9 million in net proceeds, under the direct stock purchase component of the Company’s Dividend Reinvestment and Direct Stock Purchase Plan (“DRIP”). On September 29, 2009, we agreed to sell in an underwritten public offering 12,500,000 shares, with an underwriters overallotment option to purchase up to 1,875,000 additional shares, of the Company’s common stock at a price to the public of $5.25 per share (see Note 6). We may opportunistically access the equity markets again, subject to contractual restrictions, and may continue to issue shares under the direct stock purchase component of the DRIP. We expect to use the proceeds from our equity sales to reduce our indebtedness.

• Asset Sales — During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 we sold five industrial properties and several land parcels, and 11 industrial properties and several land parcels, respectively, for gross proceeds of $23.8 million and $57.2 million, respectively. We are in various stages of discussions with third parties for the sale of additional properties for the remainder of 2009 and plan to continue to market other properties for sale throughout 2009. We expect to use sales proceeds to pay down additional debt. If we are unable to sell properties on an advantageous basis, this may impair our liquidity and our ability to meet our financial covenants.

• Debt Reduction — During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, we repurchased $123.7 million and $158.7 million, respectively, of our senior unsecured notes (including $19.3 million of our 2009 Notes prior to their repayment at maturity on June 15, 2009) (see Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements) at a discount to the principal amounts of the notes. We may from time to time repay additional amounts of our outstanding debt. Any repayments would depend upon prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors we consider important. Future repayments may materially impact our liquidity, future tax liability and results of operations.

Although we believe we will be successful in meeting our liquidity needs through a combination of capital retention, mortgage and equity financing and asset sales, if we were to be unsuccessful in executing one or more of the strategies outlined above, we could be materially adversely affected.