Exhibit 99.1
AMB ANNOUNCES RESULTS OF NOTE TENDER OFFER
SAN FRANCISCO, December 16, 2009 – AMB Property Corporation (NYSE: AMB) announced today the
results of AMB Property, L.P.’s cash tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for up to $250,000,000
aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 6.30% Notes due 2013, 5.90% Notes due 2013,
7.00% Notes due 2011 and 6.75% Notes due 2011 (collectively, the “Notes”). The Tender Offer
expired at midnight, New York City time, on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, with a total of
approximately $168.9 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and to
be accepted for payment. Approximately $88.0 million in aggregate principal amount of AMB
Property, L.P.’s outstanding 6.30% Notes due 2013 and $74.9 million in aggregate principal
amount of AMB Property, L.P.’s outstanding 5.90% Notes due 2013 were tendered, for an
aggregate principal amount of approximately $162.9 million of the notes maturing in 2013.
Approximately $6.0 million in aggregate principal amount of AMB Property, L.P.’s outstanding
7.00% Notes due 2011 were tendered. After giving effect to the purchase of the tendered
Notes, approximately $202.3 million in aggregate principal amount of AMB Property, L.P.’s
6.30% Notes due 2013, $91.6 million in aggregate principal amount of AMB Property, L.P.’s
5.90% Notes due 2013, $44.0 million in aggregate principal amount of AMB Property, L.P.’s
7.00% Notes due 2011 and $25.0 million in aggregate principal amount of AMB Property, L.P.’s
6.75% Notes dues 2011 will remain outstanding. Payment for the Notes purchased pursuant to
the Tender Offer is expected to be made today.
This press release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the
solicitation of an offer to sell with respect to any securities. J.P. Morgan Securities
Inc., BofA Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated acted as dealer managers for
the Tender Offer and Global Bondholder Services Corporation acted as information agent and
depositary for the Tender Offer. Persons with questions regarding the Tender Offer should
contact J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at 212.834.3118 or 866.834.4666 (U.S. toll free); BofA
Merrill Lynch at 888.292.0700 (U.S. toll free) or 980.388.4603 (collect); Morgan Stanley &
Co. Incorporated at 866.718.1649 (toll free); or Global Bondholder Services Corporation at
866.540.1500 (U.S. toll free) or at 212.430.3774 (collect).
AMB Property Corporation.(r) Local partner to global trade.(tm)
AMB Property Corporation(r) is a leading owner, operator and developer of global industrial
real estate, focused on major hub and gateway distribution markets in the Americas, Europe
and Asia. As of September 30, 2009, AMB owned, or had investments in, on a consolidated
basis or through unconsolidated joint ventures, properties and development projects expected
to total approximately 156.1 million square feet (14.5 million square meters)
in 47 markets within 14 countries. AMB invests in properties located predominantly in the
infill submarkets of its targeted markets. The company’s portfolio comprises High Throughput
Distribution(r) facilities-industrial properties built for speed and located near airports,
seaports and ground transportation systems.
AMB’s press releases are available on the company website at www.amb.com or by
contacting the Investor Relations department at +1 415 394 9000.
Some of the information included in this press release contains forward-looking statements,
such as statements related to the Tender Offer. Because these forward-looking statements
involve numerous risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause our
actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, and you
should not rely on the forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The
events or circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements might not occur. You can
identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
“believes,” “expects,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “approximately,” “intends,”
“plans,” “forecasting, “ “pro forma,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative of these
words and phrases or similar words or phrases. You can also identify forward-looking
statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements are
necessarily dependent on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and
we may not be able to realize them. We caution you not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements, which reflect our analysis only and speak as of the date of this
press release or as of the dates indicated in the statements. All of our forward-looking
statements are qualified in their entirety by this statement. We assume no obligation to
update or supplement forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could
cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or
contemplated in the forward-looking statements contained in this press release: any material
adverse change in the financial or securities markets within or outside the United States or
in political, financial or economic conditions within or outside the United States or any
material outbreak or material escalation of hostilities within or outside the United States
or declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or other material
calamity or crisis within or outside the United States, including, without limitation, an
act of terrorism, any suspension or limitation of trading in securities generally or in any
of the securities of AMB by the SEC, by any exchange that lists such securities or in any
over-the-counter market, any declaration by any governmental authority of a general banking
moratorium, any financial market fluctuations, actual or perceived changes in general
economic conditions, global trade or in the real estate sector, inflation risks, an actual
or perceived downturn in the U.S., California or global economy, any amendment, extension or
termination of the Tender Offer, and certain other matters discussed under the heading “Risk
Factors” and elsewhere in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008 and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2009, June 30,
2009 and September 30, 2009.
