UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report
Pursuant To Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 26, 2012

 

CUBESMART

CUBESMART, L.P.

(Exact Name Of Registrant As Specified In Charter)

 

 

460 E. Swedesford Road, Suite 3000, Wayne, Pennsylvania 19087

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(610) 293-5700

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On June 26, 2012, CubeSmart, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”) and CubeSmart (the “Company”) completed the issuance and sale of $250 million of the Operating Partnership’s 4.80% senior notes due July 15, 2022 (the “Notes”) and the Company’s related full and unconditional guarantee of the payment of principal, the make-whole amount, if any, and interest on the Notes (the “Guarantee”). The net proceeds to the Operating Partnership from the sale of the Notes, after the underwriters’ discount and offering expenses payable by the Company, are estimated to be approximately $247.5 million. The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to reduce outstanding borrowings under its unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions, investments in joint ventures and repayment or repurchase of other indebtedness.

 

The Notes were issued under the indenture, dated as of September 16, 2011 (the “Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 26, 2012 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”), among the Company, the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. The Indenture previously was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on September 16, 2011, as Exhibit 4.5 to the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-176885) (as the same may be amended and/or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by this reference. The First Supplemental Indenture is being filed with the Commission as Exhibit 4.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated into this Item 1.01 by reference. A copy of the form of Notes and a copy of the form of Notation of Guarantee are filed herewith as Exhibits 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, and incorporated into this Item 1.01 by this reference.

 

The Notes accrue interest at the rate of 4.80% per annum, with interest payable in cash semi-annually in arrears on each January 15 and July 15, commencing January 15, 2013. The Notes mature on July 15, 2022.

 

The Notes are senior unsecured indebtedness of the Operating Partnership, ranking equally in right of payment with all of the Operating Partnership’s other unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness from time to time outstanding.  The Notes will be effectively subordinated to the Operating Partnership’s secured indebtedness and the indebtedness and other liabilities of the consolidated subsidiaries of the Operating Partnership.

 

The Operating Partnership may redeem the Notes, at any time and from time to time, prior to April 15, 2022, in whole or in part, at a make-whole redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Notes being redeemed discounted to the date of redemption on a semiannual basis at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate (defined in the First Supplemental Indenture) plus 50 basis points, in each case, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

On and after April 15, 2022,  the Operating Partneship may redeem the Notes at any time in whole or in part and from time to time at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed to, but not including, the redemption date.

 

The Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture contain covenants that, among other things, (i) restrict the ability of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to, subject to certain exceptions, incur additional debt and incur debt secured by liens, and (ii) restrict the Operating Partnership and its

 

2

 

subsidiaries from owning unencumbered assets representing less than 150% of the outstanding principal amount of unsecured debt.

 

The Indenture also contains customary events of default, including, among other things: (i) payment defaults, (ii) covenant defaults, (iii) cross-defaults to other material indebtedness and (iv) certain events of bankruptcy.

 

The material terms of the Notes and related Guarantee are described in a prospectus supplement, dated June 19, 2012, as filed with the Commission on June 20, 2012 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) of the Securities Act, which relates to the offer and sale of the Notes and supplements the Operating Partnership’s prospectus, as filed with the Commission on September 16, 2011, contained in the Registration Statement.

 

The foregoing is not a complete discussion of the First Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and related Guarantee and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of those documents attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibits 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively, each of which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

In connection with the foregoing, the Company and the Operating Partnership are filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K the opinion of their counsel with respect to the validity of the Notes and the Guarantee.

 

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of the Registrant

 

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K pertaining to the Notes is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01                                             Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2012, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association.
4.2		Form of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.80% senior note due July 15, 2022.	.
4.3		Form of CubeSmart Notation of Guarantee.
5.1		Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP as to the legality of the Notes.
23.1		Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

3

 

Signatures

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	CUBESMART
Date: June 26, 2012	By:	/s/ Jeffrey P. Foster
		Name:	Jeffrey P. Foster
		Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary
	CUBESMART, L.P.
	By:	CubeSmart, its general partner
Date: June 26, 2012		By:	/s/ Jeffrey P. Foster
		Name:	Jeffrey P. Foster
		Title:	Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary

 

4

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
4.1		First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 26, 2012, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and U.S. Bank National Association.
4.2		Form of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 4.80% senior note due July 15, 2022.
4.3		Form of CubeSmart Notation of Guarantee.
5.1		Opinion of Pepper Hamilton LLP as to the legality of the Notes.
23.1		Consent of Pepper Hamilton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

5