Forward-Looking Statements.
This disclosure contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s current expectations, beliefs and assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks, changes in circumstances, trends and factors that are difficult to predict, many of which are outside of the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s control. Accordingly, actual performance, results and events may vary materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, and you should not rely on the forward-looking statements as predictions of future performance, results or events. Statements regarding the following subjects, among others, may be forward-looking: the Company’s current expectation (subject to the Company’s right to elect cash or net share settlement subject to certain conditions) to issue and sell, upon physical settlement of the Forward Sale Agreements on one or more settlement dates specified by the Company within approximately one year from February 18, 2020, an aggregate of 5,750,000 shares of the Company’s common stock to the Forward Purchasers at an initial forward sale price of $82.56 per share, subject to certain adjustments to such initial forward sale price as provided in the Forward Sale Agreements. Numerous factors could cause actual future performance, results and events to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements, including, among others: global market and general economic conditions and their effect on our liquidity and financial conditions and those of our tenants; adverse economic or real estate conditions generally, and specifically, in the States of California and Washington; risks associated with our investment in real estate assets, which are illiquid, and with trends in the real estate industry; defaults on or
non-renewal
of leases by tenants; any significant downturn in tenants’ businesses; our ability to
re-lease
property at or above current market rates; costs to comply with government regulations, including environmental remediation; the availability of cash for distribution and debt service and exposure to risk of default under debt obligations; increases in interest rates and our ability to manage interest rate exposure; the availability of financing on attractive terms or at all, which may adversely impact our future interest expense and our ability to pursue development, redevelopment and acquisition opportunities and refinance existing debt; a decline in real estate asset valuations, which may limit our ability to dispose of assets at attractive prices or obtain or maintain debt financing, and which may result in write offs or impairment charges; significant competition, which may decrease the occupancy and rental rates of properties; potential losses that may not be covered by insurance; the ability to successfully complete acquisitions and dispositions on announced terms; the ability to successfully operate acquired, developed and redeveloped properties; the ability to successfully complete development and redevelopment projects on schedule and within budgeted amounts; delays or refusals in obtaining all necessary zoning, land use and other required entitlements, governmental permits and authorizations for our development and redevelopment properties; increases in anticipated capital expenditures, tenant improvement and/or leasing costs; defaults on leases for land on which some of our properties are located; adverse changes to, or enactment or implementations of, tax laws or other applicable laws, regulations or legislation, as well as business and consumer reactions to such changes; risks associated with joint venture investments, including our lack of sole decision-making authority, our reliance on co-venturers’ financial condition and disputes between us and our co-venturers; environmental uncertainties and risks related to natural disasters; and our ability to maintain our status as a REIT. These factors are not exhaustive and additional factors could adversely affect our business and financial performance. For a discussion of additional factors that could materially adversely affect the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s business and financial performance, see the factors included under the caption “Risk Factors” in the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s annual report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2019 and in the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s other documents filed with (and not furnished to) the Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements are based on currently available information, and speak only as of the date on which they are made. The Company and the Operating Partnership assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statement made in this disclosure that becomes untrue because of subsequent events, new information or otherwise, except to the extent we are required to do so in connection with the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s ongoing requirements under federal securities laws.