STAG Industrial, Inc. Announces Public Offering of Common Stock

BOSTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- STAG Industrial, Inc. (NYSE: STAG) (the "Company") today announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 7,250,000 shares of its common stock. The Company intends to grant the underwriters of the offering a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1,087,500 shares of common stock to cover overallotments, if any. 

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The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering primarily to fund acquisitions currently under contract as well as to fund future acquisitions, repay indebtedness outstanding under its secured corporate revolving credit facility and for general working capital purposes.

BofA Merrill Lynch, RBC Capital Markets and Wells Fargo Securities will serve as the joint book-running managers for the offering. 

A registration statement relating to these securities has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy these securities, nor will there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. 

The offering of these securities will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and related base prospectus.  Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, final prospectus supplement (when available) and the related base prospectus may be obtained from (a) BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention:  Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, NY 10080, or e-mail [email protected]; (b) RBC Capital Markets, Attention: Equity Syndicate, Three World Financial Center, 200 Vesey Street, 8th floor, New York, New York 10281-8098, or by calling (877) 822-4089; or (c) Wells Fargo Securities, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10152, or by calling (800) 326-5897 or e-mail a request to [email protected].

About STAG Industrial, Inc.

STAG Industrial, Inc. is a fully integrated, full-service real estate company focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of single-tenant industrial properties throughout the United States. The Company's portfolio consists of 114 properties in 29 states with approximately 19.2 million rentable square feet.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by the Company, contains certain 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. The Company intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe the Company's future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words "believe," "will," "expect," "intend," "anticipate," "estimate," "should," "project" or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements in this press release include, among others, statements about the terms and size of the offering and the use of proceeds from the offering. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are, in some cases, beyond the Company's control and which could materially affect actual results, performances or achievements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to, the risk factors discussed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as updated by the Company's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.  Accordingly, there is no assurance that the Company's expectations will be realized. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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