** Rexford Industrial Realty Inc's REXR.N stock down 3.8%
at $55.82 premarket after overnight follow-on prices
** Southern California-focused REIT late Thurs announced
11.5 mln shares at $56, 3.5% discount to last sale, for $644 mln
gross raise
** Co enters into 18-mth forward sale agreements with
bookrunners Goldman Sachs, BofA, J.P. Morgan and Mizuho
** Upon settlement of agreements, co plans to use net
proceeds to fund potential acquisitions, repay debt, fund
development/redevelopment activities
** REXR has ~183.5 mln shares outstanding for ~$10.7 bln
market cap
** REXR's shares on Thurs jumped 8.3% amid sharp market
gains. But they have lost ~28% YTD amid surging interest rates
(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed
are his own)
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