Program Increased to $1.5 billion
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE:SLG), New York City’s largest commercial
property owner, today announced that the Company’s Board of Directors
authorized an increase to the size of its share repurchase program,
announced in August 2016, by an additional $500 million of the Company’s
common stock, bringing the program to a total of $1.5 billion.
To date, the Company has repurchased 5,673,227 shares at an average
price of $101.71.
SL Green’s Chief Executive Officer, Marc Holliday, commented, “We
continue to utilize available liquidity from asset sales to repurchase
our common stock at meaningful discounts to the private market
valuations of Manhattan real estate, as well as to our own net asset
value. This has proven to be a viable deployment of capital, that is
accretive to the Company’s earnings and valuation, and we will continue
to evaluate this option as part of a balanced investment strategy.”
About SL Green Realty Corp.
SL Green Realty Corp., an S&P 500 company and New York City’s largest
office landlord, is a fully integrated real estate investment trust, or
REIT, that is focused primarily on acquiring, managing and maximizing
value of Manhattan commercial properties. As of September 30, 2017, SL
Green held interests in 118 Manhattan buildings totaling 47.8 million
square feet. This included ownership interests in 27.5 million square
feet of Manhattan buildings and debt and preferred equity investments
secured by 20.3 million square feet of buildings. In addition, SL Green
held ownership interests in 27 suburban buildings totaling 4.3 million
square feet in Brooklyn, Long Island, Westchester
County, Connecticut and New Jersey. To be added to the Company’s
distribution list or to obtain the latest news releases and other
Company information, please visit our website at www.slgreen.com or
contact Investor Relations at (212) 594-2700.
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Investors:
Matt DiLiberto
Chief Financial Officer
SL
Green Realty Corp.
212-594-2700
or
Press:
BerlinRosen
slgreen@berlinrosen.com
646-452-5637
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