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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):  

May 25, 2017

 

Easterly Government Properties, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Maryland

001-36834

47-2047728

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

 

 

2101 L Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, D.C.

 

20037

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (202) 595-9500

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instructions A.2. below):

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Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

On May 25, 2017, Easterly Government Properties LP (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership of Easterly Government Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), issued $175 million of fixed rate, senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”). The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company and various subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The following table sets forth the principal amount, interest rate and maturity date of the Notes by series (dollars in thousands):

 

Series

 

Principal Amount

 

 

Interest Rate

 

 

Maturity Date

Series A

 

$

95,000

 

 

 

4.05

%

 

May 25, 2027

Series B

 

$

50,000

 

 

 

4.15

%

 

May 25, 2029

Series C

 

$

30,000

 

 

 

4.30

%

 

May 25, 2032

The Notes were issued in a private placement pursuant to a purchase agreement (the “Agreement”), among the Operating Partnership, the Company and the purchasers of the Notes. Subject to the terms of the Agreement and the Notes, upon certain events of default, including, but not limited to, (i) a default in the payment of any principal, “make-whole” amount or interest under the Notes, and (ii) a default in the payment of certain other indebtedness of the Operating Partnership or of the Company or of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the principal and accrued and unpaid interest and the make-whole amount on the outstanding Notes will become due and payable at the option of the holders. The Agreement and Notes also contains various covenants (including, among others, financial covenants with respect to debt service coverage, consolidated net worth, fixed charges and consolidated leverage and covenants relating to liens) and if the Operating Partnership or the Company breaches any of these covenants, the principal and accrued and unpaid interest and the make-whole amount on the outstanding Notes will become due and payable at the option of the holders.

The Operating Partnership may prepay at any time all, or from time to time any part of, the Notes, in the amount not less than 5% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding at (i) 100% of the principal amount so prepaid, together with accrued interest, and (ii) a make-whole amount that is calculated by discounting the value of the remaining scheduled interest payments that would otherwise be payable through the scheduled maturity date of the applicable Notes on the principal amount being prepaid. The Operating Partnership has the right to make tender offers and is required to make other prepayment offers under the terms set forth in the Agreement.

Net proceeds from the private placement of the Notes are intended to be used to repay borrowings outstanding under the Company’s senior unsecured revolving credit facility, to fund other potential acquisition opportunities, for general corporate purposes, or a combination of the foregoing. The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.  The Operating Partnership issued and sold the Notes in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

On May 31, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the issuance of the Notes. A copy of that press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report. The information in this Item 7.01 of this Current Report, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibit:

 

 

 

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description

 

 

99.1

  

Press Release dated May 31, 2017.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

EASTERLY GOVERNMENT

PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ William C. Trimble, III

Name:

 

William C. Trimble, III

Title:

 

Chief Executive Officer and President

Date: May 31, 2017