Costamare Inc. Announces Pricing of Its 8.75% Series D Preferred Stock
ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwired - May 6, 2015) - Costamare Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CMRE) announced today that its offering of 4,000,000 shares of its 8.75% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, liquidation preference $25.00 per share (the "Series D Preferred Stock"), was priced at $25.00 per share. The Company has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 600,000 shares of the Series D Preferred Stock. Dividends will be payable on the Series D Preferred Stock at a rate of 8.75% per annum of the stated liquidation preference. Following the offering, the Company intends to file an application to list the Series D Preferred Stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
The gross proceeds from the offering, assuming the underwriters do not exercise their option, before the underwriting discount and other offering expenses are expected to be $100,000,000. The Company plans to use the net proceeds of the offering for general corporate purposes, including making vessel acquisitions or investments.
Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, UBS Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Stifel are acting as joint book-running managers of the offering, which will be made under an effective shelf registration statement.
The offering is expected to close on or about May 13, 2015.
The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. A preliminary prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and is available at the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. When available, the final prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, telephone: 1-866-718-1649, email: prospectus@morganstanley.com, UBS Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Specialist, 299 Park Avenue, New York, New York, 10171, telephone: (888) 827-7275, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, One Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10010, Attn: Prospectus Department, email: newyork.prospectus@credit-suisse.com, telephone: 1-800-221-1037, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Attention: Investment Grade Syndicate Desk, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, telephone 1-212-834-4533 and Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, Attention: Syndicate Department, 1 South Street, 15th Floor, Baltimore, MD 21202, email: syndprospectus@stifel.com, telephone: 1-855-300-7136.
The offering is subject to customary closing conditions.
This release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.
About Costamare Inc.
Costamare Inc. is one of the world's leading owners and providers of containerships for charter. The Company has 41 years of history in the international shipping industry and a fleet of 69 containerships, with a total capacity of approximately 458,000 TEU, including ten newbuild containerships on order. Fourteen of our containerships, including ten newbuilds, have been acquired pursuant to the Framework Agreement with York Capital Management by vessel-owning joint venture entities in which we hold a minority equity interest. The Company's common stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols "CMRE", "CMRE PR B" and "CMRE PR C", respectively.
Forward-Looking Statements
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