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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): June 29, 2009
Brandywine Realty Trust
Brandywine Operating Partnership, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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Maryland
(Brandywine Realty Trust)
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001-9106
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23-2413352 |
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Delaware
(Brandywine Operating
Partnership, L.P.)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
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000-24407
(Commission file number)
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23-2862640
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number) |
555 East Lancaster Avenue, Suite 100
Radnor, PA 19087
(Address of principal executive offices)
(610) 325-5600
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR 240.13e-4(c))
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Item 2.03 |
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Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under
an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant |
See Item 8.01 below.
On June 29, 2009, we executed definitive documentation relating to the previously announced forward
financing commitments of $209.7 million and $46.8 million for our 30th Street Post
Office and Cira South Garage projects in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, respectively. The 30th Street
Post Office project is a historic rehabilitation of an 862,692 square foot office building which is
100% pre-leased to the Internal Revenue Service for a twenty-year term. The Cira South Garage
project is located across the street from the 30th Street Post Office and consists of a
1,662-car parking structure which will be up to approximately 94% pre-leased to the Internal
Revenue Service.
The loans
will bear interest at 5.93% with interest-only through September 10, 2010
following which they will be subject to monthly amortization over a twenty-year period beginning
with the October 10, 2010 payment. The loans will be non-recourse (subject to customary
carve-outs, including for environmental liabilities) and will be secured by mortgages on the Post
Office and Garage and by the leases of space at those facilities upon completion of the projects by
us and their acceptance by the Internal Revenue Service for occupancy. Upon completion of the
projects and satisfaction of other related conditions, currently anticipated to take place on
August 26, 2010, the loan proceeds will be disbursed to us. We intend to use the proceeds of the
financing to reduce borrowings under our credit facilities and for general corporate purposes.
The $256.5 million aggregate proceeds of the forward financing commitments have been deposited
along with our gross forward commitment fee of approximately $17.7 million into an escrow account
to be administered by The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee. Upon investment of the escrow
account in a portfolio of US Government securities, the forward commitment fee will be reduced to
approximately $16.2 million which will be used together with the interest earned to pay the
interest-only costs of the loans through August 26, 2010.
If we were unable to complete construction of the projects and satisfy the other conditions for
release of funds from escrow by August 2010, we have the right, upon payment of a series of
extension fees, to extend the funding date to August 26, 2012. In the event that we were unable to
satisfy the conditions for release of the funds and the financing commitments were to be
terminated, then we would be required to pay a termination fee equal to the greater of 0.50% and
the present value of the principal amount of the loans and scheduled interest payments to the loan
maturity date, discounted at an interest rate equal to 0.50% plus the implied yield on US treasury
notes with a maturity equal to the weighted average maturity of the loans, less the principal
amount of the loans.
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Signatures
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.
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Brandywine Realty Trust
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/s/ Howard M. Sipzner
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Howard M. Sipzner |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer |
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Brandywine Operating Partnership, its sole
General Partner
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By: |
/s/ Howard M. Sipzner
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Howard M. Sipzner |
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Executive Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer |
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Date: June 29, 2009
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