** Shares of Agree Realty ADC.N down 1.5% at $73.89
premarket after overnight follow-on priced
** Net lease retail REIT late Thurs 4.4 mln shares at $74
for deal size of ~$326 mln
** Offering size increased from 4 mln shares, priced at 1.3%
discount to last sale
** Co entered into forward sale agreements, in place until
Dec 2025, with bookrunners Citigroup and Wells Fargo
** Upon settlement of agreements, co to use net proceeds for
general purposes, including funding property acquisitions and
development activity, or debt repayment
** ADC has 103.5 mln shares outstanding for ~$7.8 bln market
cap
** On Weds, shares rose ~2% to $76.68, a day after co 2024
acquisition guidance by 21%, from ~$700 mln to ~$850 mln, after
~17% boost in its Q2 report
** Through Thurs close, stock up 19% YTD and up nearly 40%
over the past 12 months
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
((lance.tupper@thomsonreuters.com
lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))