NorthStar Realty Prices Underwritten Offering Of 60 Mln Shares At $18.65/shr

(RTTNews) - NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NRF) said it has priced an underwritten public offering of 60 million shares of common stock, of which 40 million shares are subject to a forward sale agreement, at a public offering price of $18.65 per share.

The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to 9 million additional shares of common stock. The offering is expected to close on March 6.

Deutsche Bank Securities, UBS Investment Bank, Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and J.P. Morgan are acting as the joint book-running managers of the offering. FBR, JMP Securities and MLV & Co. are the co-managers of the offering.

In connection with the offering, NorthStar Realty has entered into a forward sale agreement with an affiliate of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., under which the forward purchaser has agreed to borrow and sell to the underwriters a minimum of 40 million shares of NorthStar Realty's common stock.