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KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
(a Maryland corporation)
Common Stock
TERMS AGREEMENT
Dated: August 1, 2000
To: Kimco Realty Corporation
3333 New Hyde Park Road
New Hyde Park, New York 11042-0020
Attention: Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dear Sirs:
We understand that Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the
"Company"), proposes to issue and sell the number of shares of its common stock,
$.01 par value per share, set forth below (the "Underwritten Securities").
Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference
herein, the underwriters named below (the "Underwriters") offer to purchase,
severally and not jointly, the respective numbers of Initial Underwritten
Securities (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement referred to below) set
forth below opposite their respective names, and a proportionate share of Option
Securities (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement referred to below), at the
purchase price set forth below.
Number
of Shares of
Underwritten
Underwriter Securities
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Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated........................... 803,845
PaineWebber Incorporated.......................... 419,225
A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.......................... 269,230
Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P........................ 307,700
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Total.................................. 1,800,000
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The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms:
Title of Securities: Common Stock, $.01 par value per share
Number of Shares: 1,800,000
Public offering price per share: $42.50
Purchase price per share: $40.32
Number of Option Securities, if any, that may be purchased by the
Underwriters: 270,000 Shares
Delayed Delivery Contracts: Not authorized
Closing date and location: August 7, 2000
Brown & Wood LLP
One World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
All of the provisions contained in the Underwriting Agreement attached as
Annex A hereto are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and
shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if
such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such
document are used herein as therein defined.
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Please accept this offer no later than 7:00 P.M. (New York City time) on
August 1, 2000 by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth
below and returning the signed copy to us.
Very truly yours,
MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH
INCORPORATED
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
A.G. EDWARDS & SONS, INC.
EDWARD D. JONES & CO., L.P.
By: Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
Incorporated
By: /s/ John J. Marshall II
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John J. Marshall II
Vice President
Accepted:
KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION
By: /s/ Glenn G. Cohen
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Glenn G. Cohen
Vice President/Treasurer
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