Item 8.01. Other Events.
On April 8, 2009, we entered into a purchase agreement with Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche
Bank Securities, as representatives of the several underwriters named in
Schedule A thereto, in connection with the offer and sale by us of 152,000,000
of our common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, at a
price of $6.60 per share. We granted the underwriters an option to purchase up
to 22,800,000 additional common shares to cover over-allotments, which the
underwriters exercised in full on April 8, 2009. We expect to receive net
proceeds from this offering of approximately $1.107 billion after deducting
underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated transaction expenses
payable by us. The shares are being offered and sold under a prospectus
supplement and related prospectus filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission pursuant to our shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File
No. 333-157818). The offering is scheduled to close on April 14, 2009, subject
to specified closing conditions. A copy of the underwriting agreement is
attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated
herein by reference.
In connection with the filing of the underwriting agreement, we are filing as
Exhibit 5.1 hereto an opinion of our counsel, Mayer Brown LLP.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits. The following documents have been filed as exhibits to this
report and are incorporated by reference herein as described above.
Exhibit No. Description
1.1 Purchase Agreement, dated April 8, 2009, between ProLogis and Merrill
Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets
Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities, as representatives of the several
underwriters named in Schedule A thereto
5.1 Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP.
23.1 Consent of Mayer Brown LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1 hereto).
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