PHOENIX, June 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- VEREIT, Inc. (NYSE: VER) announced today that it intends to redeem 4,000,000 shares of its 6.70% Series F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock ("Series F Preferred Stock"), representing approximately 9.33% of its approximately 42.9 million shares of Series F Preferred Stock, on July 5, 2019 (the "Redemption Date"). The shares of Series F Preferred Stock will be redeemed at a redemption price of $25.00 per share. As previously announced, VEREIT will pay the cash dividend (the "Dividend") on the Series F Preferred Stock of $0.1395833 for the period from June 15, 2019 through July 14, 2019 to holders of Series F Preferred Stock as of July 1, 2019, which is the record date for such dividend, on July 15, 2019.
Dividends on the shares of Series F Preferred Stock that are to be redeemed will cease to accrue on the Redemption Date. Upon redemption, the redeemed shares of Series F Preferred Stock will no longer be outstanding, and all rights of the holders of such shares will terminate, except the right of the holders to receive the cash payable upon such redemption and in connection with the Dividend, without interest.
VEREIT will fund the aggregate redemption with cash available from the institutional partnership that closed on May 30, 2019. All shares of Series F Preferred Stock are held in book-entry form and will be redeemed on a pro rata basis from the holders of record of such shares. As specified in the notice of partial redemption, shares of Series F Preferred Stock held in book-entry form though the Depository Trust Company ("DTC") will be redeemed according to DTC's procedures and shares of Series F Preferred Stock held through the records of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the "Redemption Agent") will be automatically redeemed by the Redemption Agent. Payment to DTC and the registered holders for the redeemed shares of Series F Preferred Stock will be made by the Redemption Agent.
