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EXHIBIT 99.1
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | CONTACT: Frederick N. Cooper (215) 938-8312 | |
October 25, 2010 | fcooper@tollbrothersinc.com | |
Joseph R. Sicree (215) 938-8045 | ||
jsicree@tollbrothersinc.com |
Toll Brothers Announces New $885 Million Bank Credit Facility
Horsham, Pa., October 25, 2010 Toll Brothers, Inc. (NYSE:TOL) (www.tollbrothers.com), the
nations leading builder of luxury homes, today announced that it had finalized a new four-year
$885 million bank credit facility. The unsecured facility, which closed on October 22, 2010 and
matures in October 2014, replaces the Companys existing $1.89 billion revolving credit facility,
which was scheduled to mature in March 2011. In conjunction with the replacement of the maturing
facility, the Company repaid with cash a $331.7 million term loan that was part of that facility.
The new credit facility has an accordion feature under which it can increase to a maximum of $2.0
billion, subject to certain conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement and the availability of
additional bank commitments.
Douglas C. Yearley, Jr., the Companys chief executive officer, stated: We are pleased to welcome
into our new bank group a wide variety of U.S. and international lenders, some of whom have been
with us for many years and some who are joining for the first time. This facility, which assures us
access to significant long-term bank capital, will help position us to take advantage of current
and future opportunities as we look to grow the Company.
Martin P. Connor, the Companys chief financial officer, stated: This is the first new unsecured
credit facility completed by a publicly-traded home building company since the financial crisis of
2008. As such, we believe this transaction is recognition by the banking community of the prudent
manner in which we have navigated these difficult economic times, and, more importantly, is a
strong vote of confidence in our future.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Inc. acted as Joint
Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners for the new facility with Citibank, N.A. as Administrative
Agent; Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and The Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC as Syndication Agents;
Suntrust Bank and PNC Bank, National Association as Documentation Agents; Capital One, N.A., Bank
of Montreal, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Comerica Bank, U.S. Bank,
N.A. and California Bank & Trust as Lenders.
Toll Brothers, Inc. is the nations leading builder of luxury homes. The Company began business in
1967 and became a public company in 1986. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol TOL. The Company serves move-up, empty-nester, active-adult and second-home home
buyers and operates in 20 states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.
*more*
Toll Brothers builds luxury single-family detached and attached home communities, master planned
luxury residential resort-style golf communities and urban low-, mid- and high-rise communities,
principally on land it develops and improves. The Company operates its own architectural,
engineering, mortgage, title, land development and land sale, golf course development and
management, home security and landscape subsidiaries. The Company also operates its own lumber
distribution, and house component assembly and manufacturing operations.
Toll Brothers, a FORTUNE 1000 Company, is honored to have won the three most coveted awards in the
homebuilding industry: Americas Best Builder from the National Association of Home Builders, the
National Housing Quality Award, and Builder of the Year. Toll Brothers was recently honored to
receive the #1 ranking in Fortune Magazines 2010 Worlds Most Admired Companies Survey among home
building companies. Toll Brothers proudly supports the communities in which it builds; among other
philanthropic pursuits, the Company sponsors the Toll Brothers Metropolitan Opera International
Radio Network, bringing opera to neighborhoods throughout the world. For more information, visit
tollbrothers.com.
This news release includes information that may constitute forward-looking statements, as that
term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking
statements include statements regarding, among other things, our business, strategies and
prospects. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that these statements do not
relate strictly to historical or current matters. Because forward-looking statements relate to
matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to certain risks and
uncertainties that are set forth in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Any or all of the forward-looking statements included herein are not guarantees of future
performance and may turn out to be inaccurate. There is no obligation to publicly update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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