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) August 11, 2020
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC.
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland (Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.) Delaware (Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P.) | 001-14625 0-25087 | 53-0085950 52-2095412 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
4747 Bethesda Avenue, Suite 1300
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(240) 744-1000
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered | ||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. | Common Stock, $0.01 par value | HST | New York Stock Exchange | |||
Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. | None | None | None |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule
12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934(§240.12b-2
of this chapter).Emerging growth company ☐
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 11, 2020, Host Hotels & Resorts, L.P. (“”), for whom Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. acts as sole general partner, entered into an underwriting agreement (the “”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC.
Host L.P.
Underwriting Agreement
Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC agreed to serve as representatives of the several underwriters named in the Underwriting Agreement in connection with the public offering by Host L.P. of $600 million aggregate principal amount of its 3.500% Series I senior notes due 2030 (the “”).
Series I senior notes
The net proceeds to Host L.P. from the sale of the Series I senior notes, after deducting the underwriting discount, de minimis original issue discount and estimated transaction expenses, are estimated to be approximately $588 million. Host L.P. intends to fully allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of the Series I senior notes on the issue date to one or more eligible green projects, including the previous acquisitions of the W Hollywood Hotel in California and the 1 Hotel South Beach in Miami Beach, Florida, each of which has received LEED Silver certification.
Following the allocation referenced above, Host L.P. intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Series I senior notes to purchase for cash any and all of Host L.P.’s outstanding $450 million principal amount of 4.750% Series C senior notes (the “”) that are tendered in the tender offer launched on August 11, 2020 (the “”). Proceeds from the Offering not used to pay for the Series C senior notes that are tendered in the Tender Offer will be used for general corporate purposes, which may include repurchases of debt.
Series C senior notes
Tender Offer
The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is being filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form
8-K
and is incorporated herein by reference.Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit No. | Description | |
1.1 | ||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document). |
SIGNATURES
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.
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. | ||||||
Date: August 1 4 , 2020 | By: | /s/ Brian G. Macnamara | ||||
Brian G. Macnamara | ||||||
Senior Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Corporate Controller |
SIGNATURES
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.
HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, L.P. | ||||||
By: | HOST HOTELS & RESORTS, INC. | |||||
its General Partner | ||||||
Date: August 1 4 , 2020 | By: | /s/ Brian G. Macnamara | ||||
Brian G. Macnamara | ||||||
Senior Vice President, Principal Financial Officer and Corporate Controller |