American Homes 4 Rent Announces Pricing of $552.8 Million Securitization Transaction

AGOURA HILLS, Calif., Feb. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- American Homes 4 Rent (NYSE: AMH) (the "Company") announced today that it has priced its fourth securitization transaction. The transaction involves the issuance and sale to third parties of single-family rental pass-through certificates that represent beneficial ownership interests in a loan secured by 4,661 single-family residential properties transferred to an affiliate from the Company's portfolio of single-family properties. The Company anticipates gross proceeds from the sale of its certificates of approximately $552.8 million. The certificates will be issued for a thirty-year term with an anticipated repayment date ten years after the closing date. The duration-adjusted weighted average coupon rate for the certificates for the first ten years is 4.138%.

The transaction is expected to close on or about March 6, 2015. With the closing of this transaction, the Company will have completed four securitizations since May 2014, raising approximately $2.05 billion.

The certificates will not be registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. The certificates will be offered and sold in the United States in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to certain "non-U.S. persons" outside of the United States in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy nor shall there by any sale of the certificates in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful under the laws of such jurisdiction.

About American Homes 4 Rent

American Homes 4 Rent is a leader in the single-family home rental industry and "American Homes 4 Rent" is fast becoming a nationally recognized brand for rental homes, known for high quality, good value and tenant satisfaction. We are an internally managed Maryland real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on acquiring, renovating, leasing and operating attractive, single-family homes as rental properties. As of December 31, 2014, we owned 34,599 single-family properties in selected submarkets in 22 states.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements relate to beliefs, expectations or intentions and similar statements concerning matters that are not of historical fact and are generally accompanied by words such as "estimate," "project," "predict," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "potential," "plan," "goal" or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. These forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, the Company's ability to complete a securitization transaction, whether such a transaction will result in a lower cost of capital for the Company and the timing to complete any securitization transaction. The Company has based these forward looking statements on its current expectations and assumptions about future events. While the Company's management considers these expectations to be reasonable, they are inherently subject to risks, contingencies and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the Company's control. Additional information about these and other important factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from anticipated results expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements is available in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Investors should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to conform to actual results or changes in expectations, except as required by applicable law.

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Phone: (855) 794-2447
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