Gramercy Property Trust Inc. (GPT)

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Gramercy Property Trust Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering of 40,000,000 Shares of Common Stock (5/14/14)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gramercy Property Trust Inc. (NYSE:GPT), a real estate investment trust, announced today the pricing of the public offering of 40,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $4.98 per share. In addition, the underwriters of the offering have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 6,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The offering was upsized from the previously announced offering of 34,000,000 shares. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on May 19, 2014.

The Company intends to use a portion of the net proceeds of the offering to fund the cash purchase price for the previously announced acquisition of the 50% joint venture interest held by affiliates of Garrison Investment Group, L.P. The Company currently owns the remaining 50% interest in the joint venture. The remaining proceeds are expected to be used for general corporate purposes, including acquisitions of target assets consistent with the Company’s investment strategies and for working capital purposes.

Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering. RBC Capital Markets is acting as senior co-manager and JMP Securities, Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc., Compass Point, BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC and CJS Securities, Inc. are acting as co-managers.

The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by contacting: Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, 180 Varick Street, New York, New York 10014, Attention: Prospectus Department, telephone: [phone]; BofA Merrill Lynch, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department, email: [e-mail]; or J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717 or by calling 1-866-803-9204. These documents will also be filed with the SEC and will be available at the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities, in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Gramercy Property Trust

Gramercy Property Trust Inc. is a fully-integrated, self-managed commercial real estate investment company focused on acquiring and managing income-producing industrial and office properties net leased to high quality tenants in major markets throughout the United States. The Company also operates an asset management business that manages for third parties, including our joint venture partners, commercial real estate assets.

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