Ramirez

Alliant Insurance Services’ Courtney Ramirez Named Women to Watch Honoree by Business Insurance

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Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Courtney Ramirez of Alliant Insurance Services was selected by Business Insurance as a 2023 Women to Watch honoree.

Key Points: 
  • Courtney Ramirez of Alliant Insurance Services was selected by Business Insurance as a 2023 Women to Watch honoree.
  • The annual awards program recognizes women leaders doing outstanding work in risk management and commercial insurance.
  • Ramirez is Senior Vice President, Alliant Public Entity, and was selected based on her outstanding professional achievements, leadership qualities and contributions to the advancement of women at Alliant and within the insurance brokerage profession.
  • Ramirez has earned the Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), Certified Insurance Services Representative (CISR) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designations.

Invitation Homes Announces Pricing of $450 Million of 5.450% Senior Notes due 2030 and $350 Million of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033

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Monday, July 31, 2023

Invitation Homes Inc. (NYSE: INVH) (“Invitation Homes” or the “Company”) announced today that its operating partnership, Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP (the “Operating Partnership”), has priced a public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.450% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”).

Key Points: 
  • Invitation Homes Inc. (NYSE: INVH) (“Invitation Homes” or the “Company”) announced today that its operating partnership, Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP (the “Operating Partnership”), has priced a public offering of $450 million aggregate principal amount of 5.450% Senior Notes due 2030 (the “2030 Notes”) and $350 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “2033 Notes” and, together with the 2030 Notes, the “Notes”).
  • The 2030 Notes were priced at 98.866% of the principal amount and will mature on August 15, 2030.
  • The 2033 Notes were priced at 98.642% of the principal amount and will mature on August 15, 2033.
  • The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, by the Company, Invitation Homes OP GP LLC and IH Merger Sub, LLC.

Unique partnership between medical researchers and AI experts grows, uncovers new clues to SIDS and other unexpected infant deaths

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Wednesday, July 26, 2023

REDMOND, Wash., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the Aaron Matthew SIDS Research Foundation announced that an initiative to solve a several thousand-year-old medical mystery — what causes sudden or unexplained infant deaths — has grown by a factor of more than ten in just six short years.

Key Points: 
  • Their goal is to share insights, inspire new hypotheses, and find the elusive causes of Sudden or Unexplained Infant Deaths (SUID), which includes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
  • "It has spurred new breakthroughs in the fight against SIDS and other unexplained infant deaths, with more on the horizon."
  • The Aaron Matthew SIDS Research Foundation funds the first-ever SIDS genomic database, maintained at Seattle Children's Hospital, which was also discussed at the Summit.
  • "The power of diverse resources across Data Science and AI, Epidemiology, Physiology, Pathology and Genetics is opening new avenues of research.

Piedmont Office Realty Trust Announces Pricing of Senior Notes Offering

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Atlanta, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “Piedmont”) (NYSE:PDM) announced today that its operating partnership, Piedmont Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), has priced an offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 9.250% senior unsecured notes due 2028 at 99.000% of the principal amount.

Key Points: 
  • Atlanta, July 18, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. (the “Company” or “Piedmont”) (NYSE:PDM) announced today that its operating partnership, Piedmont Operating Partnership, LP (the “Operating Partnership”), has priced an offering of $400 million aggregate principal amount of 9.250% senior unsecured notes due 2028 at 99.000% of the principal amount.
  • The offering is expected to close on July 20, 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
  • Piedmont intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, together with cash on hand, if necessary, to fund the purchase of all of its outstanding 4.45% senior notes due 2024 that are validly tendered and accepted for purchase in the tender offer commenced substantially concurrently with the offering.
  • The notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company.

Ramirez & Co., Inc. Expands Institutional Equity Team with the Addition of Senior Professionals Jason Valdez and Bryan Cameron

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Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc. (“Ramirez & Co.”), one of the oldest and largest Hispanic-owned investment banks in the United States, is pleased to announce that Jason Valdez and Bryan Cameron have joined the firm’s Institutional Equity Group as Managing Directors.

Key Points: 
  • Samuel A. Ramirez & Co., Inc. (“Ramirez & Co.”), one of the oldest and largest Hispanic-owned investment banks in the United States, is pleased to announce that Jason Valdez and Bryan Cameron have joined the firm’s Institutional Equity Group as Managing Directors.
  • Messrs. Valdez and Cameron are charged with building out the equity trading platform at Ramirez & Co. by bringing in new and unique skill sets to complement the existing business.
  • Mr. Valdez has 27 years of equity trading experience, with a particular focus on program trading.
  • Mr. Cameron’s trading career spans 20 years, including most recently serving as BlackRock’s Head of Americas Platform Strategy for Equity Trading.

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering of Common Stock

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Friday, February 17, 2023

Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 7,700,000 shares of its common stock, all of which are being offered in connection with the forward sale agreements described below, at a public offering price of $24.60 per share.

Key Points: 
  • Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE: EPRT; the “Company”) announced today the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 7,700,000 shares of its common stock, all of which are being offered in connection with the forward sale agreements described below, at a public offering price of $24.60 per share.
  • The offering was upsized from the previously announced offering size of 7,000,000 shares of common stock, and the offering is expected to close on February 22, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
  • BofA Securities, Citigroup and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as the joint book-running managers for the offering.
  • The Company will not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of its common stock by the forward purchasers.

Sun Communities, Inc. Prices $400 Million of Senior Notes

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Monday, January 9, 2023

The public offering price for the Notes was 99.729% of the principal amount for an effective yield to maturity of 5.736%.

Key Points: 
  • The public offering price for the Notes was 99.729% of the principal amount for an effective yield to maturity of 5.736%.
  • The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Operating Partnership, guaranteed fully and unconditionally by the Company.
  • The offering is expected to close on or about January 17, 2023, subject to customary closing conditions.
  • The Notes will be issued pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Portillo’s Inc. Announces Partial Exercise and Closing of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option in Previously-Disclosed Synthetic Secondary Offering

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Tuesday, September 13, 2022

As a result, Portillos will not receive any proceeds from this offering.

Key Points: 
  • As a result, Portillos will not receive any proceeds from this offering.
  • Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities and Piper Sandler acted as lead joint book-running managers and representatives for the proposed offering.
  • Baird, UBS Investment Bank and William Blair also acted as lead book-running managers for the proposed offering.
  • Guggenheim Securities, Stifel, Loop Capital Markets and Ramirez & Co., Inc. acted as co-managers for the proposed offering.

Portillo’s Inc. Announces Pricing of Public Follow-on Offering of 8,000,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock in “Synthetic Secondary” Transaction

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Friday, August 12, 2022

Portillos expects to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to (a) purchase LLC Units of PHD Group Holdings LLC held by existing holders, and (b) purchase shares of Class A common stock from certain existing holders, each in a synthetic secondary transaction.

Key Points: 
  • Portillos expects to use the net proceeds from the proposed offering to (a) purchase LLC Units of PHD Group Holdings LLC held by existing holders, and (b) purchase shares of Class A common stock from certain existing holders, each in a synthetic secondary transaction.
  • As a result, Portillos will not receive any proceeds from this offering.
  • Upon close of the transaction, the total number of shares of Class A common stock and Class B common stock will remain the same; however, the amount of shares of Class A common stock will increase by the same amount of the decrease in the number of shares of Class B common stock.
  • Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, BofA Securities and Piper Sandler are acting as lead joint book-running managers and representatives for the proposed offering.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties Appoints New President & CEO and EVP/Director of Sales, as Brokerage Maps Aggressive Expansion Across NYC Market

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Monday, April 25, 2022

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220425005694/en/
    Standing: Candace Adams, President & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England/New York/Hudson Valley Properties, and Steven James, President & CEO of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties.
  • Seated: Brad Loe, Executive Vice President, Director of Sales of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties, and Diane Ramirez, Chief Strategy Officer of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties.
  • Steven James will serve as the New York City brokerages president & CEO; Brad Loe has been appointed executive vice president, director of sales.
  • The appointments of James and Loe to the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New York Properties leadership team is the latest triumph for the brokerage.