FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 424(b)(5)
RS NO: 333-88150
PROSPECTUS
[PROLOGIS LOGO]
1999 DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
ProLogis Trust previously established the 1999 Dividend Reinvestment and
Share Purchase Plan. This prospectus continues that plan as amended in June
2001.
The ProLogis Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan is designed to
provide current shareholders with a convenient and economical method to purchase
ProLogis common shares of beneficial interest by reinvesting all or a portion of
their cash distributions and submitting optional cash payments. The plan also
allows persons who are not already shareholders of ProLogis to purchase ProLogis
common shares under the plan. The plan will be administered by an agent,
EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., or any successor bank or trust company as may
from time to time be designated by ProLogis.
At ProLogis' discretion, the agent will purchase common shares in one of
the following manners:
- directly from ProLogis;
- in the open market; or
- in negotiated transactions with third parties.
ProLogis common shares purchased directly from ProLogis under the plan will
be priced at a discount from market prices at the time of the investment, as
described in Question 15 under "Description of the plan."
ProLogis common shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the
symbol "PLD."
These securities have not been approved or disapproved by the Securities
and Exchange Commission or any State Securities Commission nor has the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any State Securities Commission passed
upon the accuracy or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the
contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this Prospectus is May 22, 2002
PROLOGIS TRUST
ProLogis Trust is a real estate investment trust that operates a global
network of industrial distribution facilities. Our business strategy is designed
to achieve long-term sustainable growth in cash flow and increase the overall
return on equity for our shareholders. Our business is organized into two
primary operating segments: property operations and corporate distribution
facilities services business, which we refer to as the CDFS business. In 2001,
we began the initial steps to dispose of significant portions of our third
operating segment, temperature-controlled distribution operations.
The property operations segment includes the long-term ownership,
management and leasing of industrial distribution facilities. As of December 31,
2001, our network consisted of 1,542 operating facilities aggregating 180.8
million square feet in North America (our investments in North America are
located only in the United States and Mexico) and eight countries in Europe. Of
these, 1,208 operating facilities aggregating 123.4 million square feet are
owned directly by us and 334 operating facilities aggregating 57.4 million
square feet are owned by six unconsolidated real estate funds (which we refer to
as the Funds) in which we have ownership interests ranging from 20% to 50%. The
property operations segment generates income from rents and reimbursement of
property operating expenses from unaffiliated customers. Also, our share of the
earnings of the Funds, and the fee income that we receive for managing the
facilities owned by the Funds, is included in the property operations segment.
In addition to these property and asset management fees earned, we earn fees for
leasing activities on behalf of the Funds.
The CDFS business segment represents the development of industrial
distribution facilities that are either sold to unaffiliated customers or
contributed to real estate funds in which we maintain an ownership interest and
act as manager. Our activities in this business segment in the United Kingdom
are performed by an unconsolidated entity that we account for under the equity
method. Income from the CDFS business segment is primarily generated through the
profits realized from the sales or contributions of developed facilities. We
also earn fees from customers for development activities performed on their
behalf and realize profits from sales of land parcels when our development plans
no longer include these parcels. As of December 31, 2001, we had 29 facilities
under development aggregating 7.8 million square feet (including facilities
being developed by our unconsolidated entity). The total investment in these
facilities upon completion is expected to be $516.7 million. These development
projects are located in the United States, in seven countries in Europe and in
Japan (we began development of our first project in Asia in 2001). Our
undeveloped land positions in North America and nine countries in Europe
aggregate 2,162 acres with the capacity for development of approximately 40.2
million square feet of distribution facilities (including land positions of our
unconsolidated entity). Additionally, we control (either through contracts,
options or letters of intent) 2,889 acres with the capacity for the development
of approximately 45.8 million square feet of distribution facilities in the
United States, in seven countries in Europe and in Japan (including land
positions of our unconsolidated entity). We intend to use this land for the
development of distribution facilities. Such facilities will eventually be sold
to third parties or contributed to real estate funds in which we will maintain
an ownership interest and which we will manage.
Our temperature-controlled distribution operations segment consists of
investments in two companies that operate temperature-controlled distribution
and logistics networks in the United States and in nine countries in Europe. As
of December 31, 2001, these entities owned or operated 332.8 million cubic feet
of facilities (including 35.5 million cubic feet of non-temperature-controlled
distribution space located in their facilities). We account for our investment
in these two entities under the equity method. These entities earn revenues from
unaffiliated customers for various services associated with the
temperature-controlled distribution environment. In 2001, substantially all of
the operating assets in Germany and all of the operating assets in the Czech
Republic were sold. In March 2002, all of the operating assets in Sweden,
Denmark, Finland, Norway and the Netherlands, as well as the remaining German
assets of the European company in which we invested were sold from this
operating segment. Negotiations are ongoing related to the sale of substantially
all of the operating assets of the company operating in the United States and
certain of the remaining operating assets of the European company.
We manage our business by utilizing the ProLogis Operating System(R), an
organizational structure and service delivery system that is built around our
customers. The ProLogis Operating System(R) is made up of the Market Services
Group, the Global Services Group, the Global Development Group and the ProLogis
Solutions Group. When combined with our international network of distribution
facilities, the ProLogis Operating System(R) enables us to meet our customers'
distribution space needs on a global basis. We believe that by integrating
international scope and expertise with strong local presence in our markets we
have become an attractive choice for our targeted customer base which is made up
of the largest global users of distribution facilities.
We are organized under Maryland law and have elected to be taxed as a real
estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Our
world headquarters are located in Denver, Colorado, our European headquarters
are located in Luxembourg, with our European customer service headquarters
located in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and our Asian headquarters are located in
Tokyo, Japan.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN
The following questions and answers describe the plan.
PURPOSES AND ADVANTAGES
1. What is the purpose of the plan?
The purpose of the plan is to provide current shareholders and interested
investors with a convenient and economical method of investing in common shares
without payment of any brokerage commissions, except with respect to common
shares purchased in the open market with optional cash payments, or service
charges, except with respect to initial cash payments. Common shares purchased
directly from ProLogis under the plan will be purchased at a discount from
market prices at the time of the investment, as described in Question 15.
2. How may shareholders purchase common shares under the plan?
Shareholders may purchase common shares in the following ways:
(1) have cash distributions automatically reinvested in additional
common shares; or
(2) purchase common shares on either or both of the investment dates
set forth each month by making optional cash payments of not less than $200
per payment nor more than $10,000 per month, except in cases covered by a
request for waiver, as described in Question 11. The minimum and maximum
dollar amounts for optional cash payments may be changed at any time in
ProLogis' sole discretion.
Beneficial owners of common shares registered in the name of a broker, bank or
other nominee or trustee may participate in the distribution reinvestment
portion of the plan either by having their common shares transferred into their
own names and enrolling in the plan directly or by making appropriate
arrangements with their record holder to participate on their behalf.
3. What are the advantages and disadvantages of participation in the plan?
The advantages of participation in the plan include: full investment of
distributions and optional cash payments because participants are not required
to pay brokerage commissions, except with respect to common shares purchased in
the open market with optional cash payments, or other expenses, except with
respect to initial cash payments, in connection with the purchase of common
shares under the plan; the plan permits fractional common shares as well as
whole common shares to be purchased; common shares purchased directly from
ProLogis under the plan will be purchased at a discount from market prices at
the time of the investment, as described in Question 15; distributions on all
whole and fractional dividend reinvestment plan shares are automatically
reinvested in additional common shares; participants avoid the necessity for
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safekeeping certificates representing the common shares purchased pursuant to
the plan; certificates for underlying common shares may be deposited for
safekeeping in order to protect against loss, theft or destruction of those
certificates as described in Question 22; a regular statement for each plan
account provides the participant with a record of each transaction.
The plan, however, has some disadvantages as compared to purchases of
common shares through brokers or otherwise. They include the following: no
interest is paid by ProLogis or the agent on any distributions or optional cash
payments held pending investment; the agent, not the participant, determines the
timing of investments, as described in Question 14, and as a result, the
purchase price for the common shares may vary from that which would otherwise
have been obtained by directing a purchase through a broker or in a negotiated
transaction; the actual number of shares acquired by the participant will not be
known until after the common shares are purchased by the agent, as described in
Question 16; optional cash payments of less than the minimum amount will be
returned to the participant without interest, as will the portion of any
optional cash payment which exceeds the maximum monthly amount if the
participant did not obtain ProLogis' prior approval pursuant to a request for
waiver; a pro rata portion of any optional cash payment made pursuant to an
approved request for waiver will be returned to the participant if the threshold
price is not met for any investment date in an investment period, as described
in Question 11; any discount from market prices at the time of the investment on
common shares purchased under the plan, as described in Question 15, may create
additional taxable income to the participant; commissions paid by ProLogis in
connection with the reinvestment of distributions if the common shares are
purchased in the open market will be taxable income to the participant, as
described under "Federal income tax considerations relating to the plan."
ELIGIBILITY AND PARTICIPATION
4. Who is eligible to become a participant?
Any person who has reached the age of majority in his or her state of
residence is eligible to participate in the plan.
Persons who are citizens or residents of a country other than the United
States, its territories and possessions and are interested in becoming
participants in the plan, should make certain that their participation would not
violate local laws governing such things as taxes, currency and exchange
controls, share registration, foreign investments and related matters.
5. How does an eligible person become a participant?
An eligible person may become a participant in the plan by following the
appropriate procedures set forth below.
REGISTERED HOLDER:
A registered holder (a shareholder whose common shares are registered on
the share transfer books of ProLogis in his or her name) may elect to become a
participant in the plan at any time, subject to ProLogis' right to modify,
suspend, terminate or refuse participation in the plan. In order to become a
participant, a registered holder simply needs to complete and sign a shareholder
authorization form and return it to the agent at EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.,
P.O. Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010 or call the agent toll free at (800)
956-3378 after carefully reviewing this prospectus.
If the shares are registered in more than one name (e.g., joint tenants,
trustees, etc.) all registered holders of such shares must sign the shareholder
authorization form exactly as their names appear on the account registration.
BENEFICIAL OWNER:
A beneficial owner (a shareholder whose shares are registered on the share
transfer books of ProLogis in a name other than his or her name; for example, in
the name of a broker, bank or other nominee or trustee)
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may be able to arrange for the financial intermediary holding his or her common
shares to handle the reinvestment of distributions. Beneficial owners should
consult directly with their financial intermediary to determine if they can
enroll in the plan. If not, the shareholder may elect to become a participant in
the plan after instructing his or her financial intermediary to re-register all
or a portion of the shares into his or her own name. Any costs associated with
that re-registration will be borne solely by the beneficial owner. Once such
shares have been re-registered, the shareholder simply needs to follow the
instructions listed above for a registered holder in order to become a
participant in the plan. Alternatively, beneficial owners may enroll in the plan
in the same manner as someone who is not currently a shareholder as described
below.
INTERESTED INVESTORS WHO DO NOT CURRENTLY OWN OUR COMMON SHARES:
A person who is not already a shareholder may purchase common shares under
the plan by submitting a completed initial purchase form to the agent along with
a check of not less than $200 nor more than $10,000, except in cases covered by
an approved request for waiver, as described in Question 11, for investment on
either of the investment dates set for that particular month. All checks must be
payable in United States dollars, drawn against a United States bank and payable
to "EquiServe -- ProLogis Trust." The minimum and maximum dollar amounts for
initial investments may be changed at any time in ProLogis' sole discretion.
Interested investors should note, there is an initial enrollment fee of $10.00
which will be deducted from the participant's initial investment.
As an alternative to enclosing a check, an interested investor may complete
the automatic investment application on the reverse side of the initial purchase
form and enclose a voided blank check (if a checking account) or a deposit slip
(if a savings account). By completing this section of the form, the interested
investor is authorizing an automatic monthly deduction from a qualified
financial institution. Interested investors should note, that automatic monthly
deductions will continue indefinitely, beyond the initial investment, until the
agent is notified to discontinue such deductions. The automatic monthly
investment feature is further outlined in Question 9.
6. What do the shareholder authorization and initial purchase forms provide?
The shareholder authorization and initial purchase forms authorize the
agent to apply any optional cash payments made by the participant to the
purchase of additional common shares for the participant's plan account.
In addition, the forms authorize the agent to apply all or a portion of the
distributions received to the purchase of additional common shares. Shareholders
may choose their desired level of participation by selecting one of the three
distribution reinvestment elections offered under the plan. Prior to selecting
an election, however, shareholders should note the following share types and how
they function under the distribution reinvestment portion of the plan.
(a) CERTIFICATE SHARES: shares held in certificate form by the
shareholder. Such shares are registered in the participant's name on the
share transfer books of ProLogis. Participants can choose to reinvest or
receive distributions on these shares.
(b) BOOK SHARES: shares held by the agent. Such shares are registered
in the participant's name on the share transfer books of ProLogis and are
treated in a similar fashion to certificate shares. Participants can choose
to reinvest or receive distributions on these shares.
(c) DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN SHARES: shares held by the agent in
its name or the name of its nominee. Such shares have been purchased under
the plan or deposited into the plan through its safekeeping feature. The
agent will automatically reinvest the distributions on these shares.
As outlined in the shareholder authorization and initial purchase forms the
plan offers the following distribution reinvestment elections:
- FULL DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT. To reinvest automatically all cash
distributions received on all shares registered in the participant's name
(including certificate and book shares). Participants
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enrolled in this investment election may make optional cash payments of
not less than $200 per payment, nor more than an aggregate maximum
monthly amount of $10,000, unless a request for waiver has been
previously granted by ProLogis, to purchase additional common shares.
- PARTIAL DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT. To receive cash distributions on a
specified number of shares registered in the participant's name
(including certificate and book shares), and to automatically reinvest
distributions on any remaining shares registered in the participant's
name. Participants enrolled in this investment election may make optional
cash payments of not less than $200 per payment, nor more than an
aggregate maximum monthly amount of $10,000, unless a request for waiver
has been previously granted by ProLogis, to purchase additional common
shares.
- CASH DISTRIBUTIONS. To receive cash distributions on all shares
registered in the participant's name (including certificate and book
shares). Participants enrolled in this investment election may make
optional cash payments of not less than $200 per payment, nor more than
an aggregate maximum monthly amount of $10,000, unless a request for
waiver has been previously granted by ProLogis, to purchase additional
common shares.
REGARDLESS OF WHICH METHOD OF PARTICIPATION IS SELECTED, CASH DISTRIBUTIONS
PAID ON ALL WHOLE AND/OR FRACTIONAL DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN SHARES WILL BE
REINVESTED AUTOMATICALLY.
A participant may change his or her distribution election by calling or
writing to the agent or by completing and signing a new shareholder
authorization form and returning it to the agent. Alternatively, a participant
may change his or her distribution election by accessing his or her plan account
through the Internet at the agent's website, http://gateway.equiserve.com. Any
election or change of election concerning the reinvestment of distributions must
be received by the agent at least one trading day prior to the established
record date for a particular distribution payment in order for the election or
change in election to become effective with that distribution. If the request is
received on or after the record date established for a particular distribution
payment, the election or change in election may not be effective until the
following distribution payment. A trading day means a day on which the New York
Stock Exchange is open for business. A distribution record date normally
precedes the payment of distributions by approximately two weeks. A schedule of
the anticipated distribution record dates for the remainder of the 2002 and the
2003 and 2004 distribution payments is set forth in Exhibit A, subject to change
at ProLogis' discretion. For future periods, ProLogis will provide participants
a schedule of the relevant record dates.
If a participant signs and returns a shareholder authorization or initial
purchase form without checking a desired option, or checks the partial
distribution reinvestment election without specifying a number of shares, the
participant will be deemed to have selected the full distribution reinvestment
option.
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS
7. When will distributions be reinvested?
Purchases of common shares directly from ProLogis with cash distributions
will be made on the relevant distribution payment date. Newly issued shares will
be credited to participants' accounts as of such date. Purchases in the open
market with cash distributions will begin on the relevant distribution payment
date and will be completed no later than 30 days after such date, except where
completion at a later date is necessary or advisable under any applicable
securities laws or regulations. Shares purchased in the open market will be
credited to participants' accounts after the transaction settles. Settlement
usually occurs three business days after the purchase is completed. A schedule
of the anticipated record dates and payment dates for the remainder of the 2002
and the 2003 and 2004 distribution payments is set forth in Exhibit A, subject
to change at ProLogis' discretion. For future periods, ProLogis will provide
participants a schedule of the relevant distribution record and payment dates.
Participants should note that distributions are paid as and when declared
by ProLogis' Board of Directors. There can be no assurance as to the declaration
or payment of a distribution, and nothing contained in the plan obligates
ProLogis to declare or pay any distribution on the common shares. The plan does
not represent a guarantee of future distributions.
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OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS
8. Who is eligible to make optional cash payments?
Any person enrolled in the plan is eligible to make optional cash payments,
whether or not the person is already a shareholder, subject to ProLogis' right
to modify, suspend, terminate or refuse participation in the plan. Shareholders
may make optional cash payments regardless of which method of participation they
have elected.
9. How does the optional cash payment option work?
Each participant may purchase additional common shares by sending optional
cash payments to the agent at any time. The amount of each optional cash payment
may vary. Participants may make optional cash payments by:
(1) remitting a check to the agent. All checks should be accompanied
by a cash investment form and mailed to the address indicated on the front
of such form. Cash investment forms are attached to plan statements. When
enrolling in the plan, a registered shareholder may enclose a check with
the shareholder authorization form. All checks must be made payable to
"EquiServe -- ProLogis Trust," payable in United States funds and drawn
against United States banks. Checks drawn against non-United States banks
or not payable in United States funds will be returned to the participant
without interest as will any cash or third party checks.
(2) establishing an automatic monthly investment. As an alternative to
sending checks, participants may elect to have a minimum of $200 but not
more than $10,000 automatically withdrawn every month from an account at a
qualified financial institution. Participants may establish an automatic
monthly investment by completing an automatic monthly investment form and
returning it to the agent along with a voided blank check (for a checking
account) or deposit slip (for a savings account) for bank account and
routing number verification. Automatic monthly investment forms may be
obtained by writing to or calling the agent. Alternatively, participants
may establish an automatic monthly investment by accessing their accounts
at the agent's website, http://gateway.equiserve.com. Participants should
allow 4 to 6 weeks for the first investment to be initiated. Once
established, funds will be deducted from the participant's designated bank
account on the 6th of each month. If the 6th of the month is not a business
day, funds will be deducted the following business day. Participants may
change their automatic monthly investment information or terminate their
automatic monthly deduction by contacting the agent as described above. In
order for any change in the amount of the funds withdrawn or for any
termination to be effective for a particular month, the agent should
receive notification at least 7 business days prior to the debit date.
Changes in bank information (routing and account numbers), however, may
require 4 to 6 weeks to take effect.
(3) requesting a wire transfer to the account of the agent if the
optional cash payment is being made pursuant to a request for waiver which
has been granted by ProLogis, as specified in the request for waiver. The
agent must be notified prior to the participant requesting the wire
transfer.
Each optional cash payment is subject to a minimum of $200. The agent will
apply any optional cash payment to the purchase of common shares on the next
investment date provided the agent receives payment before the close of business
on the appropriate optional cash payment due date as outlined in Exhibit A for
optional cash payments not exceeding the maximum amount and in Exhibit B for
optional cash payments exceeding the maximum amount. All optional cash payments
must be payable in United States dollars and drawn against United States banks.
Do not send cash. In the event that any deposit is returned unpaid for any
reason, the agent will consider the request for investment of such money null
and void and will immediately remove from the participant's account, shares if
any, purchased upon the prior credit of such money. The agent will thereupon be
entitled to sell these shares to satisfy any uncollected amounts. If the net
proceeds of the sale of such shares are insufficient to satisfy the balance of
such uncollected amounts, the agent shall be entitled to sell such additional
shares from the participant's account to satisfy the uncollected balance. A
$25.00 fee will be charged for any deposit returned unpaid.
Participants have no obligation to make any optional cash payments.
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10. When will optional cash payments received by the agent be invested?
OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS LESS THAN $10,000
In the case of optional cash payments less than the maximum monthly amount
of $10,000, ProLogis has set two investment dates for each month. The investment
dates typically occur on or around the 15th and last business day of each month.
In distribution paying months, the investment dates have been adjusted so
optional cash payments not exceeding the maximum monthly amount may be
commingled with the distribution funds and invested on the distribution payment
date. The agent will apply any optional cash payment to the purchase of common
shares on the next investment date provided the agent receives such payment
before the close of business on the appropriate optional cash payment due date
as set forth in Exhibit A. Any optional cash payment received after the close of
business on the optional cash payment due date associated with the next
investment, will be held by the agent and will be applied to the purchase of
shares on the investment date associated with the next optional cash payment due
date. Expected investment dates for the remainder of 2002 and 2003 and 2004 are
outlined in Exhibit A and are subject to change at ProLogis' discretion. For
future investment dates, ProLogis will provide participants a schedule of the
relevant cut off and investment dates.
Funds received through the automatic monthly investment feature will
purchase shares on the first investment date of each month.
Common shares to be purchased by the agent directly from ProLogis pursuant
to optional cash payments not exceeding the maximum monthly amount will be
purchased on an investment date. Accordingly, for such optional cash payments,
the entire investment will be made on the applicable investment date. Newly
issued shares will be credited to participants' accounts as of such date.
Common shares to be purchased by the agent on the open market or in
negotiated transactions with third parties pursuant to optional cash payments
not exceeding the maximum monthly amount will begin on the applicable investment
date and will be completed no later than 30 days after that date, except where
completion at a later date is necessary or advisable under any applicable
securities laws or regulations. Shares purchased on the open market will be
credited to participants' accounts after the transaction settles. Settlement
usually occurs three business days after the purchase is completed.
OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS EXCEEDING $10,000
Optional cash payments exceeding the maximum monthly amount pursuant to a
request for waiver which has been granted by ProLogis will be invested during
the investment period established for each month as outlined in Exhibit B. The
investment period is the period encompassing the 10 consecutive trading days
typically ending on either the distribution payment date or the last business
day of the month. Investments made pursuant to a request for waiver granted by
ProLogis will be invested proportionately on each trading day of that investment
period, subject to the threshold price as outlined below. A schedule of the
anticipated investment period dates for the remainder of 2002 and 2003 and 2004
is set forth in Exhibit B, subject to change at ProLogis' discretion. For future
periods, ProLogis will provide participants a schedule of the relevant dates.
For optional cash payments exceeding the maximum monthly amount pursuant to a
request for waiver which has been granted by ProLogis, 1/10 of the investment
will be made on each investment date of the investment period, subject to the
threshold price as outlined below.
Common shares to be purchased by the agent with optional cash payments
exceeding $10,000 will be purchased directly from ProLogis. The agent will not
buy common shares with optional cash payments exceeding $10,000 on the open
market. All checks for optional cash payments in excess of the maximum monthly
amount pursuant to a request for waiver that has been granted by ProLogis will
not be invested until the funds have been collected. The agent must receive good
funds for all optional cash payments made pursuant to an approved request for
waiver by the applicable optional cash payment due date as outlined in Exhibit
B.
NO INTEREST WILL BE PAID ON FUNDS HELD BY THE AGENT PENDING INVESTMENT.
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11. What limitations apply to optional cash payments?
Each optional cash payment is subject to a minimum amount of $200 and a
maximum aggregate purchase limit of $10,000 in any month both of which may be
changed at any time in ProLogis' sole discretion. Optional cash payments of less
than the minimum amount and the portion of any optional cash payment which
exceeds the maximum monthly amount, unless that limit has been waived by
ProLogis pursuant to a request for waiver, will be returned to the participant
without interest. Participants may make optional cash payments of up to the
aggregate maximum monthly amount without the prior approval of ProLogis, subject
to ProLogis' right to modify, suspend, terminate or refuse participation in the
plan in its sole discretion.
Optional cash payments in excess of the maximum monthly amount may be made
by a participant only upon acceptance by ProLogis of a written request for
waiver by that participant. No pre-established maximum limit applies to optional
cash payments which may be made pursuant to an approved request for waiver;
however, participants may not acquire more than 9.8% of the outstanding common
shares and preferred shares of beneficial interest of ProLogis, as described in
Question 37. Acceptance of a request for waiver with respect to the amount of
the optional cash payment must be obtained each month before the beginning of
the relevant investment period. Participants interested in making optional cash
payments in excess of the maximum monthly amount can obtain a request for waiver
by contacting ProLogis' Share Purchase Plan Representative at (800) 820-0181.
Completed requests for waivers should be mailed or faxed to: ProLogis Trust,
14100 East 35th Place, Aurora, Colorado 80011, Fax: (303) 375-8581, Attention:
Share Purchase Plan Representative. ProLogis should receive such requests for
waiver no later than two business days prior to the optional cash payment due
date as outlined in Exhibit B for the applicable investment period.
A request for waiver will be considered on the basis of a variety of
factors, which may include: ProLogis' current and projected capital
requirements, alternatives available to ProLogis to meet those requirements,
prevailing market prices for the common shares and other securities of ProLogis,
general economic and market conditions, expected aberrations in the price or
trading volume of ProLogis' securities, the number of shares held by the
participant submitting the request for waiver, the aggregate amount of optional
cash payments for which requests for waiver have been submitted and the
administrative constraints associated with granting requests for waiver. If
requests for waiver are submitted for any month for an aggregate amount in
excess of the amount ProLogis is willing to accept, ProLogis may honor those
requests in order of receipt, pro rata or by any other method which ProLogis
determines to be appropriate. Grants of requests for waivers will be made in
ProLogis' sole discretion and may be revoked by ProLogis in its sole discretion
at any time until the close of business on the trading day prior to the
beginning of the relevant investment period.
Unless it waives its right to do so, ProLogis may establish from time to
time a minimum price, or the threshold price, which applies only to the
investment of optional cash payments in excess of the maximum monthly amount
made pursuant to a request for waiver. The threshold price will be a stated
dollar amount that the average of the high and low sale prices of the common
shares as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions lists
for each trading day of the investment period must equal or exceed. If no sales
occur on any trading day of an investment period, the average of the high and
low sale prices of the common shares on that trading day will be assumed to be
less than the threshold price. ProLogis reserves the right to change the
threshold price at any time until the close of business on the third trading day
prior to the beginning of the investment period, as set forth in Exhibit B. The
threshold price will be determined in ProLogis' sole discretion after a review
of current market conditions and other relevant factors.
If the threshold price is not satisfied for a trading day in the investment
period, then no investment will occur on that investment date and such date will
be excluded from the investment period. In addition, for each trading day on
which the threshold price is not satisfied, 1/10 of the total optional cash
payment made by a participant pursuant to a request for waiver, not just the
amount exceeding $10,000, will be returned to that participant, without
interest, as soon as practicable after the end of the relevant investment
period. For
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example, if the threshold price is not satisfied for two of the ten trading days
in an investment period, 2/10 of each participant's total optional cash payment
made pursuant to a request for waiver will be returned to that participant by
check, or by wire transfer, if payment was received by wire transfer, without
interest, as soon as practicable after the end of the relevant investment
period. The agent expects to send payments within five to ten trading days after
the end of the relevant investment period. Only optional cash payments in excess
of the maximum monthly amount are affected by the return procedure and the
threshold price provision described above. All other optional cash payments will
be made without regard to the threshold price provision. For any investment
period, ProLogis may waive its right to set a threshold price for optional cash
payments in excess of the maximum monthly amount. Setting a threshold price for
an investment period will not affect the setting of a threshold price for any
subsequent investment period. Participants may obtain the threshold price
applicable to the next investment period by telephoning ProLogis' Share Purchase
Plan Representative at (800) 820-0181.
Plan participants should note that any request for investment in an amount
of less than $10,000 or made pursuant to a request for waiver, may be denied if
ProLogis believes the investor is making excessive optional cash payments
through multiple shareholder accounts, is engaging in arbitrage activities such
as "flipping" or is otherwise engaging in activities under the plan in a manner
which is not in the best interest of ProLogis or which may cause the participant
to be treated as an underwriter under the federal securities laws. Persons who
acquire common shares through the plan and resell them shortly after acquiring
them, including coverage of short positions, under some circumstances, may be
participating in a distribution of securities which would require compliance
with Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and may be
considered to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933.
ProLogis will not extend to any such person any rights or privileges other than
those to which it would be entitled as a participant in the plan, nor will
ProLogis enter into any agreement with any such person regarding that person's
purchase of those shares or any resale or distribution thereof.
12. May optional cash payments be returned to a participant?
Uninvested optional cash payments less than the monthly maximum will be
returned to a participant without interest upon his or her written request
provided that the request is received by the agent at least five business days
prior to the applicable investment date.
Uninvested optional cash payments exceeding the monthly maximum amount
pursuant to an approved request for waiver will not be returned to a participant
upon such participant's request.
Optional cash payments of less than the $200 minimum amount will be
returned by check, without interest, as soon as practicable. Additionally, the
portion of any optional cash payment which exceeds the $10,000 maximum monthly
amount will be returned by check, without interest, as soon as practicable if a
request for waiver is not granted or is revoked by ProLogis. Finally, if the
relevant threshold price is not met for any day in an investment period, as
described in Question 11, a pro rata portion of each optional cash payment made
pursuant to an approved request for waiver, will be returned to the participant
without interest by check, or by wire transfer, if payment was received by wire
transfer, as soon as practicable after the end of the relevant investment
period. Each optional cash payment may be returned to the participant in
circumstances as described in Question 11.
PURCHASES
13. What is the source of common shares purchased under the plan?
Purchases of common shares by the agent for the plan may be made, at
ProLogis' option, either directly from ProLogis out of its authorized but
unissued common shares, in the open market or in negotiated transactions with
third parties. Initially, ProLogis anticipates that the common shares will be
purchased by the agent for the plan directly from ProLogis, but this may change
from time to time at ProLogis' election.
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14. When will common shares be purchased for a participant's account?
Purchases of common shares directly from ProLogis will be made on the
relevant distribution payment date or on the relevant investment date or dates.
Purchases in the open market will begin on the relevant distribution payment
date or on the relevant investment date or dates and will be completed no later
than 30 days after that date, except where completion at a later date is
necessary or advisable under any applicable securities laws or regulations. The
exact timing of open market purchases, including determining the number of
common shares, if any, to be purchased on any day or at any time on that day,
the prices paid for those common shares, the markets on which the purchases are
made and the persons, including brokers and dealers, from or through which the
purchases are made, will be determined by the agent or the broker selected by it
for that purpose. Neither ProLogis nor the agent will be liable when conditions,
including compliance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission, prevent the purchase of common shares or interfere with the
timing of the purchases. The agent may purchase common shares in advance of a
distribution payment date or investment date for settlement on or after that
date.
Notwithstanding the above, funds will be returned to participants if not
used to purchase common shares within 30 days of the investment date for
optional cash payments or within 30 days of the distribution payment date for
distribution reinvestments.
In making purchases for a participant's account, the agent may commingle
the participant's funds with those of other participants in the plan.
15. What is the purchase price of common shares purchased by participants
under the plan?
When common shares are purchased directly from ProLogis, there are three
types of discounts which may be available to participants:
First, common shares purchased directly from ProLogis under the plan in
connection with the reinvestment of distributions will be purchased at a 2%
distribution reinvestment discount from the average of the high and low sale
prices of the common shares as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Transactions list on the distribution payment date, as set forth in Exhibit A.
Second, common shares purchased directly from ProLogis under the plan in
connection with optional cash payments of not more than the $10,000 maximum
monthly amount, will be purchased at a 2% optional cash payment discount from
the average of the high and low sale prices of the common shares as reported in
the New York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions list on the relevant
investment date.
Third, ProLogis may establish a waiver discount from the average of the
daily high and low sale prices of the common shares as reported in the New York
Stock Exchange Composite Transactions list for each of the ten investment dates
of the relevant investment period, for common shares purchased directly from
ProLogis in connection with optional cash payments exceeding the maximum amount
and approved by ProLogis pursuant to a request for waiver, as described in
Question 11. ProLogis will determine the waiver discount by the close of
business on the third trading day prior to the beginning of the relevant
investment period. Setting a waiver discount for an investment period will not
affect the setting of a waiver discount for any subsequent investment period.
Participants may obtain the waiver discount applicable to the next investment
period by telephoning ProLogis' Share Purchase Plan Representative at (800)
820-0181.
ProLogis may change its determination that common shares will be purchased
by the agent directly from ProLogis and instead determine that common shares
will be purchased by the agent on the open market or in negotiated transactions,
without prior notice to participants. The price of common shares purchased on
the open market or in negotiated transactions with third parties with reinvested
cash distributions will be the weighted average cost for all common shares
purchased under the plan in connection with the relevant distribution payment.
The price of common shares purchased on the open market or in negotiated
transactions with third parties with optional cash payments of not more than the
$10,000 maximum monthly amount will be the weighted average cost, plus brokerage
commissions, for all common shares purchased under the plan in connection with
the investment date. Common shares will not be purchased on the open market or
in
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negotiated transactions with third parties with optional cash payments exceeding
the $10,000 maximum monthly amount.
Participants will not be able to instruct the agent to purchase shares at a
specific time or at a specific price.
16. How many common shares will be purchased for a participant?
The number of common shares to be purchased for a participant's account as
of any distribution payment date or investment date will be equal to the total
dollar amount to be invested for the participant divided by the applicable
purchase price. For a participant who has elected to reinvest distributions
received on shares registered in his or her name (including certificate and book
shares) the total dollar amount to be invested as of any distribution payment
date will be the sum of all or the specified portion of the cash distributions
received on the common shares registered in the participant's own name and all
cash distributions received on his or her dividend reinvestment plan shares.
The amount to be invested for a participant with reinvested cash
distributions will be reduced by any amount ProLogis is required to deduct for
federal tax withholding purposes.
PLAN ADMINISTRATION
17. Who administers the plan?
EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., as agent for the participants, administers
the plan, keeps records, sends statements of account to participants and
performs other duties relating to the plan. All costs of administering the plan
are paid by ProLogis, except as provided in this prospectus.
The following address may be used to obtain information about the plan:
EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., P.O. Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010 or
call, toll free (800) 956-3378.
Participants should be sure to include a reference to ProLogis Trust in
their correspondence.
Participants may also obtain information about their accounts via the
Internet on the agent's website, http://gateway.equiserve.com. At the website,
participants can access their share balance, sell shares, request stock
certificates, change dividend payment options and obtain on-line forms and other
information about their accounts. To obtain access, participants will need
ProLogis' issue number (364010), their account number, which can be found on
their dividend check or statement, and their password. If a participant does not
know or has not received his or her password, he or she can request a new one
on-line by clicking on the "Mail new password" link in the bottom right hand
corner of the page, or by calling the agent, toll free at (800) 956-3378. The
agent will mail a password to the address on record for the account and such
password should arrive in approximately one week. Once received, participants
can login and begin managing their accounts on-line.
18. What reports are sent to participants in the plan?
After an investment is made for a participant's plan account, whether by
reinvestment of distributions or investment of optional cash payments, the
participant will be sent a plan statement which will provide a record of the
costs of the common shares purchased for that account, the purchase date, the
number of common shares purchased and the number of common shares in that
account. These statements should be retained for income tax purposes as there
may be a fee incurred if the agent must supply an additional account history.
Each plan statement will include a tear off coupon which can be completed and
returned to the agent when submitting an optional cash payment, depositing
certificates for safekeeping, requesting the sale of shares, requesting a stock
certificate or terminating a plan account. In addition, each participant will be
sent the same information sent to every holder of common shares, including
ProLogis' annual report, notice of annual meeting and proxy statement and income
tax information for reporting distributions received and proceeds derived from
the sale of any dividend reinvestment plan shares.
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All reports and notices from the agent to a participant will be addressed
to the participant's last known address. Participants should notify the agent
promptly of any change of address.
19. What is the responsibility of ProLogis and the agent under the plan?
ProLogis and the agent, in administering the plan, are not liable for any
act done in good faith or for any good faith omission to act, including, without
limitation, any claim of liability
(1) with respect to the prices and times at which common shares are
purchased or sold for a participant,
(2) with respect to any fluctuation in market value before or after
any purchase or sale of common shares, or
(3) arising out of any failure to terminate a participant's account
upon that participant's death or adjudicated incompetence prior to receipt
by the agent of notice in writing of the death or adjudicated incompetence.
Neither ProLogis nor the agent can provide any assurance of a profit, or
protect a participant from a loss, on common shares purchased under the plan.
These limitations of liability do not affect any liabilities arising under the
federal securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933.
The agent may resign as administrator of the plan at any time, in which
case ProLogis will appoint a successor administrator. In addition, ProLogis may
replace the agent with a successor administrator at any time.
COMMON SHARE CERTIFICATES
20. Are certificates issued to participants for common shares purchased under
the plan?
Normally, stock certificates for shares purchased under the plan will not
be issued. Instead such shares will be held by the agent on behalf of the
participant in its name or the name of its nominee as dividend reinvestment plan
shares. The agent will send each participant a plan statement reporting the
number of shares (including fractional shares) credited to his or her account as
promptly as practicable after each purchase. Upon receipt of a participant's
request, however, the agent will issue a certificate for any number of whole
common shares purchased by a participant under the plan or deposited with the
agent for safekeeping. In order to request a certificate, participants may call
or write to the agent or complete the transaction form attached to each plan
statement. Alternatively, participants can access their accounts at the agent's
website, http://gateway.equiserve.com and follow the instructions provided.
Once received, the agent will process such requests within 5 business days.
Any remaining whole and fractional common shares will continue to be held as
dividend reinvestment plan shares by the agent. Certificates for fractional
common shares will not be issued under any circumstances. There is no fee for
this service.
21. What is the effect on a participant's plan account if a participant
requests a certificate for whole dividend reinvestment plan shares?
If a participant requests a certificate for whole dividend reinvestment
plan shares and is enrolled in full distribution reinvestment, distributions on
those common shares will continue to be reinvested under the plan in the same
manner as prior to the request so long as the common shares remain registered in
the participant's name. If a participant is enrolled in partial distribution
reinvestment, distributions may or may not continue to be reinvested depending
upon the number of common shares specified for payment. If a participant is
enrolled in the cash distributions election, distributions paid on the issued
shares will no longer be reinvested under the plan.
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22. May common shares held in certificate form be deposited in a participant's
plan account?
Yes, regardless of which investment option is selected, certificates
registered in the participant's name may be surrendered to the agent for deposit
into the participant's plan account, free of charge. All distributions on any
common shares evidenced by certificates deposited in accordance with the plan
will automatically be reinvested. Since the participant bears the risk of loss
in transit, certificates should be sent to EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., P.O.
Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010 by registered mail, return receipt
requested and insured for 2% of the market value (minimum of $20). This
represents the approximate cost to the participant of replacing certificates if
they are lost in the mail. Participants should include a letter of instruction
with the certificates. The transaction form attached to each plan statement may
be used for this purpose. Participants should not endorse the certificates.
TERMINATION
23. May a participant terminate participation in the plan?
Yes, a participant may terminate participation in his or her plan account
by contacting the agent. Participants can request to terminate their
participation by calling or writing to the agent at the address and telephone
number previously provided, or completing and returning the transaction form
attached to each plan statement. Alternatively, participants may terminate their
participation in the plan by accessing their accounts at the agent's website,
http://gateway.equiserve.com, and following the instructions provided.
24. What happens when a participant terminates an account?
If a participant's notice of termination is received by the agent at least
7 trading days prior to the payment date for the next distribution, reinvestment
of distributions will cease as of the date notice of termination is received by
the agent. If the notice of termination is received less than 7 trading days
prior to the payment date for a distribution, the termination may not become
effective until after the reinvestment of any distributions on that distribution
payment date. Pending optional cash payments may also delay the termination of
an account. Therefore, participants, if applicable, should expressly request the
return of any optional cash payment prior to submitting a request for
termination. Optional cash payments will be refunded if a written request to
return the cash payment is received by the agent at least 5 trading days prior
to the relevant investment date.
As soon as practicable after notice of termination is received, the agent
will send to the participant a certificate for all whole dividend reinvestment
plan shares and a check representing the then current market value of any
fraction of a dividend reinvestment plan share, unless otherwise requested.
After an account is terminated, all distributions for the terminated account
will be paid to the participant unless the participant re-elects to participate
in the plan.
Alternatively, when terminating an account, the participant may request
that all dividend reinvestment plan shares held by the agent, both whole and
fractional shares, be sold, or that certain of the dividend reinvestment plan
shares be sold and a certificate be issued for the remaining dividend
reinvestment plan shares. The agent will remit to the participant the proceeds
of any sale of common shares, less any related trading fees, transfer tax or
other fees incurred by the agent allocable to the sale of those common shares.
See "Sale of common shares."
25. When may a former participant re-elect to participate in the plan?
Generally, any former participant may re-elect to participate at any time.
However, the agent reserves the right to reject any shareholder authorization or
initial purchase form on the grounds of excessive joining and withdrawing. This
reservation is intended to minimize unnecessary administrative expense and to
encourage use of the plan as a long-term investment service.
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SALE OF COMMON SHARES
26. May a participant request that common shares held in a plan account be
sold?
Yes, a participant may request that all or any number of dividend
reinvestment plan shares held by the agent be sold, either when an account is
being terminated, as described in Question 24, or without terminating the
account.
Within 5 business days after receipt of a participant's request to sell
dividend reinvestment plan shares, the agent will place a sell order through a
broker or dealer designated by the agent. Participants can request to sell
shares by calling the agent toll free at (800) 956-3378, writing to the agent or
completing and returning the transaction form attached to each plan statement.
Alternatively, participants can access their accounts at the agent's website,
http://gateway.equiserve.com and follow the instructions provided, in order to
request the sale of such shares. The participant will receive the proceeds of
the sale, less any trading fees, transfer tax or other fees incurred by the
agent allocable to the sale of those common shares. No participant will have the
authority or power to direct the date or price at which common shares may be
sold. The sale price will equal the weighted average price for all shares sold
on the day of the sale less brokerage commissions, currently $0.12 per share,
subject to change. Proceeds of the sale, less the $15.00 service fee and
applicable transfer taxes, will be forwarded by the agent to the participant
within 10 business days after receipt of the participant's request to sell.
27. What happens when a participant sells or transfers shares registered in
his or her name (including certificate and book entry shares)?
Once a shareholder becomes a participant in the plan, the shareholder may
remain a participant even if the participant thereafter disposes of all shares
registered in his or her name (including certificate and book shares). If a
participant disposes of all shares registered in his or her name (including
certificate and book shares), the participant may continue to make optional cash
payments, and the agent will continue to reinvest the distributions on the
dividend reinvestment plan shares, unless the participant notifies the agent
that he or she wishes to terminate the account.
OTHER INFORMATION
28. May common shares held in the plan be pledged or transferred?
Common shares held in the plan may not be pledged and any such purported
pledge will be void. A participant who wishes to pledge common shares must
request that a certificate for those common shares first be issued in the
participant's name.
29. What happens if ProLogis authorizes a share distribution or splits its
shares?
If there is a distribution payable in common shares or a common share
split, the agent will receive and credit to the participant's plan account the
applicable number of whole and/or fractional common shares based on the number
of dividend reinvestment plan shares.
30. What happens if ProLogis has a rights offering?
If ProLogis has a rights offering in which separately tradable and
exercisable rights are issued to registered holders of common shares, the rights
attributable to whole common shares held in a participant's plan account will be
transferred to the plan participant as promptly as practicable after the rights
are issued.
31. How are the participant's common shares voted at shareholder meetings?
Common shares held for a participant in the plan will be voted at
shareholder meetings only as that participant directs. Participants will receive
proxy materials from ProLogis. Common shares held in a participant's plan
account may also be voted in person at the meeting.
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32. May the plan be suspended or terminated?
While ProLogis expects to continue the plan indefinitely, ProLogis may
suspend or terminate the plan at any time. ProLogis also reserves the right to
modify, suspend, terminate or refuse participation in the plan to any person at
any time, as described in Question 11. ProLogis may modify, suspend, terminate
or refuse participation in the plan to any person at any time, if participation,
or any increase in the number of common shares held by that person, would, in
the opinion of the Board of Trustees of ProLogis, jeopardize the status of
ProLogis as a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986.
33. May the plan be amended?
The plan may be amended or supplemented by ProLogis at any time. Any
amendment or supplement will only be effective upon mailing appropriate written
notice at least 30 days prior to the effective date thereof to each participant.
Written notice is not required when an amendment or supplement is necessary or
appropriate to comply with the rules or policies of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, the Internal Revenue Service or other regulatory authority or law,
or when an amendment or supplement does not materially affect the rights of
participants. The amendment or supplement will be deemed to be accepted by a
participant unless prior to the effective date thereof, the agent receives
notice of the termination of a participant's plan account. Any amendment may
include an appointment by the agent or by ProLogis of a successor bank or agent,
in which event ProLogis is authorized to pay that successor bank or agent for
the account of the participant all distributions and distributions payable on
common shares held by the participant for application by that successor bank or
agent as provided in the plan.
34. What happens if the plan is terminated?
If the plan is terminated, each participant will receive a certificate for
all whole dividend reinvestment plan common shares held in the participant's
plan account. Fractional shares will be sold based on the price of the actual
trade for the shares and a check representing the value of the fraction of a
share will be issued. A check representing any uninvested distributions or
optional cash payments held in the account will also be issued.
35. Who interprets and regulates the plan?
ProLogis is authorized to issue interpretations, adopt regulations and take
such action as it may deem reasonably necessary to effectuate the plan. Any
action to effectuate the plan taken by ProLogis or the agent in the good faith
exercise of its judgment will be binding on participants.
36. What law governs the plan?
The terms and conditions of the plan and its operation will be governed by
the laws of the State of Maryland.
37. How does the ownership limit set forth in ProLogis' declaration of trust
affect purchases of common shares under the plan?
Subject to the exceptions specified in ProLogis' declaration of trust, no
shareholder may own, or be deemed to own, more than 9.8% of the number or value
of ProLogis' outstanding common shares and preferred shares of beneficial
interest. To the extent any reinvestment of distributions elected by a
shareholder or investment of an optional cash payment would cause any
shareholder, or any other person, to exceed the ownership limit or otherwise
violate ProLogis' declaration of trust, the reinvestment or investment, as the
case may be, will be void ab initio, and the shareholder will be entitled to
receive cash distributions or a refund of his or her optional cash payment, each
without interest, in lieu of the reinvestment or investment.
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INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
38. May a participant open an individual retirement account with the agent?
Yes. The agent offers an individual retirement account that invests in
ProLogis' common shares through the plan. After receiving a copy of this
prospectus, the agent's individual retirement account program plan and trust
agreement and disclosure statement, a participant may open an individual
retirement account by completing and signing an individual retirement account
enrollment form and returning it to the agent with an initial contribution. The
minimum initial investment for the individual retirement account program is
$200. Individual retirement account enrollment forms are available upon request
from the agent.
Some of the options and services generally available to plan participants
may not be applicable to the individual retirement account program. Please refer
to the individual retirement account program plan and trust agreement and
disclosure statement for individual retirement account program details. The
agent has the right to charge reasonable fees for its individual retirement
account services. Such fees are described in the individual retirement account
disclosure statement as in effect from time to time. ProLogis assumes no
responsibility for the operation or administration of the individual retirement
account program.
The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, and most recently, the Economic Growth and
Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, have expanded the alternatives for
retirement savings. You may establish an individual retirement account which
invests in ProLogis common shares through the plan by either returning a
completed individual retirement account enrollment form and making an initial
investment to the individual retirement account of at least $200 or transferring
funds from an existing individual retirement account that have a fair market
value of at least $200 on the enrollment date by completing an individual
retirement account enrollment form and individual retirement account transfer
form. These forms and a disclosure statement are available from EquiServe. An
annual fee of $35 will be charged to you by EquiServe.
THREE INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OPTIONS:
Traditional individual retirement account. Traditional individual
retirement account contributions are allowed for individuals under age 70 1/2
who have earned income. Tax-deductible contributions are subject to adjusted
gross income phase-out levels, while non-deductible contributions are allowed
regardless of income level. Tax deductible contributions are allowed regardless
of income for individuals who are not active participants in an
employer-sponsored retirement plan. The maximum individual contribution is
$2,000 annually, or 100% of compensation, whichever is less with tax-deferred
growth of investment. This limit is increased to $3,000 for tax years 2002 to
2004 and individuals who reach age 50 before the end of a tax year are permitted
to make additional contributions of $500 for the tax years 2002 to 2005. Please
note, some states have not conformed to the Economic Growth and Tax
Reconciliation Act of 2001 for the catch-up contributions. You should discuss
this with your personal tax advisor. Penalty-free withdrawals can be made to
help pay for first home purchases, higher education expenses, certain health
insurance premiums for unemployed individuals, for the payment of medical
expenses in excess of 7.5% of an individual's adjusted gross income and for any
reason after age 59 1/2.
Roth individual retirement account. Effective for the 1998 tax year,
contributions are allowed for individuals of any age with an adjusted gross
income below $160,000, for those filing joint returns, or $110,000, for those
filing single returns, but allowed contributions begin to phase out at an
adjusted gross income of $150,000, for those filing joint returns, and $95,000,
for those filing single returns. A maximum individual contribution is $2,000
annually or 100% of compensation, whichever is less. This limit is increased to
$3,000 for tax years 2002 to 2004 and individuals who reach age 50 before the
end of a tax year are permitted to make additional contributions of $500 for the
tax years 2002 to 2005. Please note, some states have not conformed to the
Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 for the catch-up
contributions. You should discuss this with your personal tax advisor.
Investments and earnings grow tax-free. Contributions are not tax-deductible,
but if the investment stays in the Roth individual retirement account for five
years or more, qualified withdrawals are distributed tax-free, and free of
penalty in most cases such as, after the individual reaches age 59 1/2. There
are no requirements to begin distributions at age 70 1/2. Penalty-free
withdrawals can be made to help pay for first home purchases, higher education
expenses, certain health
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insurance premiums for unemployed individuals, for the payment of medical
expenses in excess of 7.5% of an individual's adjusted gross income and for any
reason after age 59 1/2. Maximum combined annual contribution between
traditional and Roth individual retirement accounts is $2,000, subject to the
above noted increases.
Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (formerly known as Education
IRAs). Any individual of any age may contribute, subject to the same income
ranges as the Roth individual retirement account, to a Coverdell Education
Savings Account for a child. Effective for tax years beginning after 2001,
contributions are allowed for individuals with the same restrictions as for Roth
individual retirement accounts, and for joint filers, the range has been
increased to $220,000 with a phase out beginning at $190,000. Contributions of
up to $500 ($2,000 for tax years after 2001) annually can be made for elementary
and secondary education expenses for a child beneficiary under 18. Contributions
are not tax deductible, but investments grow tax-free and are not taxed when
withdrawn for higher education expenses, including tuition, room and board,
books and supplies, including computers and software, subject to limitations.
Withdrawals must be made by age 30 (except in the case of a special needs
beneficiary) or the investment will be taxed to the child and will be subject to
a 10% penalty. Unused account balances may be transferred to another family
member's Coverdell Education Savings Account.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE PLAN
Participants are encouraged to consult their personal tax advisors with
specific reference to their own tax situations and potential changes in the
applicable law as to all federal, state, local, foreign and other tax matters in
connection with the reinvestment of distributions and purchase of common shares
under the plan, the participant's tax basis and holding period for common shares
acquired under the plan and the character, amount and tax treatment of any gain
or loss realized on the disposition of common shares. The following is a brief
summary of the material federal income tax considerations applicable to the
plan, is for general information only, and is not tax advice.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT
In the case of common shares purchased by the agent from ProLogis, a
participant will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having received a
distribution equal to the fair market value, as of the investment date, of the
common shares purchased with reinvested distributions. The 2% discount will be
treated as being part of the distribution received. The fair market value will
equal the average of the high and low of the sale prices on the applicable
distribution payment date as reported in the New York Stock Exchange Composite
Transactions list. With respect to common shares purchased by the agent in open
market transactions or in negotiated transactions with third parties, the
Internal Revenue Service has indicated in somewhat similar situations that the
amount of distribution received by a participant would include the fair market
value of the common shares purchased with reinvested distributions and a pro
rata share of any brokerage commission or other related charges paid by ProLogis
in connection with the agent's purchase of the common shares on behalf of the
participant. The plan currently provides that ProLogis will pay such brokerage
commissions for the purchase of common shares with distributions in the open
market or in negotiated transactions with third parties. As in the case of
non-reinvested cash distributions, the distributions described above will
constitute taxable "distribution" income to participants to the extent of
ProLogis' current and accumulated earnings and profits allocable to the
distributions and any excess distributions will constitute a return of capital
which reduces the basis of a participant's common shares or results in gain to
the extent that excess distribution exceeds the participant's tax basis in his
or her common shares. In addition, if ProLogis designates part or all of its
distributions as capital gain distributions, those designated amounts would be
treated by a participant as long-term capital gains.
A participant's tax basis in his or her common shares acquired under the
plan will generally equal the total amount of distributions a participant is
treated as receiving, as described above. A participant's holding period in his
or her common shares generally begins on the day following the date on which the
common shares are credited to the participant's plan account.
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TAX CONSEQUENCES OF OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS
The Internal Revenue Service has indicated in somewhat similar situations
that a participant who makes an optional cash purchase of common shares under
the plan will be treated as having received a distribution equal to the excess,
if any, of the fair market value on the investment date of the common shares
over the amount of the optional cash payment made by the participant. The fair
market value will equal the average of the high and low of the sale prices on
the applicable investment date for optional cash payments as reported in the New
York Stock Exchange Composite Transactions list. Also, if the common shares are
acquired by the agent in an open market transaction or in a negotiated
transaction with third parties, then the Internal Revenue Service may assert
that a participant will be treated as receiving a distribution equal to a pro
rata share of any brokerage commission or other related charges paid by ProLogis
on behalf of the participant. The plan currently provides that ProLogis will not
pay such brokerage commissions for the purchase of common shares with optional
cash payments in the open market or in negotiated transactions with third
parties. Any distributions which the participant is treated as receiving,
including the discount, would be taxable income or gain or reduce basis in
common shares, or some combination thereof, under the rules described above.
In Private Letter Ruling 9837008, the Internal Revenue Service held that a
shareholder who participated in both the dividend reinvestment and stock
purchase aspects of a dividend reinvestment and cash option purchase plan
offered by a real estate investment trust under the Internal Revenue Code,
pursuant to which stock could be acquired at a discount, would be treated in the
case of a cash option purchase as having received at the time of the purchase a
distribution from the real estate investment trust of the discount amount which
was taxable to the shareholder in the manner described above, but a shareholder
who participated solely in the cash purchase part of the plan would not be
treated as having received a distribution of the discount amount and, therefore,
would realize no income upon purchase attributable to the discount. In addition,
the Internal Revenue Service held that a shareholder who participated solely in
the dividend reinvestment part of the plan would be treated as having received
the fair market value of the shares received plus any fee or commission that is
paid by the company to acquire such shares. In Private Letter Ruling 200052031,
the Internal Revenue Service held that even if the only dividends reinvested in
stock by a shareholder who participated in the cash purchase part of the plan
were dividends on the stock which the shareholder had purchased under the plan,
the shareholder would be treated as receiving a distribution equal to the
discount on the purchased shares which was taxable in the manner described
above. Private letter rulings are not considered precedent by the Internal
Revenue Service and no assurance can be given that the Internal Revenue Service
would take this position with respect to other transactions, including those
under the plan.
A participant's tax basis in his or her common shares acquired through an
optional cash purchase under the plan will generally equal the total amount of
distributions a participant is treated as receiving, as described above, plus
the amount of the optional cash payment. A participant's holding period for
common shares purchased under the plan generally will begin on the day following
the date on which common shares are credited to the participant's plan account.
In addition, all cash distributions paid with respect to all distribution
reinvestment plan shares will be reinvested automatically. In that regard, see
"Tax Consequences of Distribution Reinvestment" above.
BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
In general, any distribution reinvested under the plan is not subject to
federal income tax withholding. ProLogis or the agent may be required, however,
to deduct as "backup withholding" at rates prescribed below of all distributions
paid to any shareholder, regardless of whether those distributions are
reinvested pursuant to the plan. Similarly, the agent may be required to deduct
backup withholding from all proceeds of sales of common shares held in a plan
account. Reductions in backup withholding tax rates were made pursuant to the
enactment of the Economic Growth and Tax Reconciliation Act of 2001 which
provides, in general, that the withholding rate of 31% in effect for payments
made on or before August 6, 2001 will be reduced over a six-year period. The new
rate of 30.0% applies in the case of payments made for taxable
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years 2002 and 2003, 29% for taxable years 2004 and 2005, and 28% for the
taxable years 2006 and thereafter. A participant is subject to backup
withholding if:
(1) the participant has failed to properly furnish ProLogis and the
agent with his or her correct taxpayer identification number;
(2) the Internal Revenue Service notifies ProLogis or the agent that
the identification number furnished by the participant is incorrect;
(3) the Internal Revenue Service notifies ProLogis or the agent that
backup withholding should be commenced because the participant failed to
report properly distributions paid to him or her; or
(4) when required to do so, the participant fails to certify, under
penalties of perjury, that the participant is not subject to backup
withholding.
Backup withholding amounts will be withheld from distributions before those
distributions are reinvested under the plan. Therefore, distributions to be
reinvested under the plan by participants who are subject to backup withholding
will be reduced by the backup withholding amount. The withheld amounts
constitute a credit on the participant's income tax return.
Backup withholding will not apply, however, if the participant:
(1) furnishes a correct taxpayer identification number and certifies
that he or she is not subject to backup withholding on Internal Revenue
Service Form W-9, or an appropriate substitute form;
(2) provides a certificate of foreign status on Internal Revenue
Service Form W-8BEN, or an appropriate substitute form; or
(3) is otherwise exempt from backup withholding.
While the matter is not free from doubt, based on Private Letter Rulings
9837008 and 200052031, ProLogis intends to take the position that administrative
expenses of the plan paid by ProLogis are not constructive distributions to
participants.
TAX CONSEQUENCES OF DISPOSITIONS
A participant may recognize a gain or loss upon receipt of a cash payment
for a fractional common share credited to a plan account or when the common
shares held in an account are sold at the request of the participant. A gain or
loss may also be recognized upon a participant's disposition of common shares
received from the plan. The amount of any such gain or loss will be the
difference between the amount realized, generally the amount of cash received,
for the whole or fractional common shares and the tax basis of those common
shares. Generally, gain or loss recognized on the disposition of common shares
acquired under the plan will be treated for federal income tax purposes as a
capital gain or loss to the extent the holder of such shares has not held such
shares as a dealer. The capital gain or loss will be taxed as long-term gain or
loss if the participant's holding period for the shares exceeds twelve months.
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
RELATING TO PROLOGIS' TREATMENT AS A REIT
ProLogis intends to operate in a manner that permits it to satisfy the
requirements for taxation as a real estate investment trust under the applicable
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code. No assurance can be given, however,
that such requirements will be met. The following is a description of the
federal income tax consequences to ProLogis and its shareholders of the
treatment of ProLogis as a real estate investment trust. Since these provisions
are highly technical and complex, each prospective purchaser of the common
shares is urged to consult his or her own tax advisor with respect to the
federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences of the purchase,
ownership and disposition of the common shares.
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Based upon representations of ProLogis with respect to the facts as set
forth and explained in the discussion below, in the opinion of Mayer, Brown,
Rowe & Maw, counsel to ProLogis, ProLogis has been organized in conformity with
the requirements for qualification as a real estate investment trust beginning
with its taxable year ending December 31, 1993, and its actual and proposed
method of operation described in this prospectus and as represented by
management will enable it to satisfy the requirements for such qualification.
This opinion is based on representations made by ProLogis as to factual
matters relating to ProLogis' organization and intended or expected manner of
operation. In addition, this opinion is based on the law existing and in effect
on the date of this prospectus. ProLogis' qualification and taxation as a real
estate investment trust will depend upon ProLogis' ability to meet on a
continuing basis, through actual operating results, asset composition,
distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the various qualification
tests imposed under the Internal Revenue Code discussed below. Mayer, Brown,
Rowe & Maw will not review compliance with these tests on a continuing basis. No
assurance can be given that ProLogis will satisfy such tests on a continuing
basis.
In brief, if the conditions imposed by the real estate investment trust
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code are met, entities, such as ProLogis,
that invest primarily in real estate and that otherwise would be treated for
federal income tax purposes as corporations, are allowed a deduction for
dividends paid to shareholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the
"double taxation" at both the corporate and shareholder levels that generally
results from the use of corporations. However, as discussed in greater detail
below, entities, such as ProLogis, remain subject to tax in certain
circumstances even if they qualify as a real estate investment trust.
If ProLogis fails to qualify as a real estate investment trust in any year,
however, it will be subject to federal income taxation as if it were a domestic
corporation, and its shareholders will be taxed in the same manner as
shareholders of ordinary corporations. In this event, ProLogis could be subject
to potentially significant tax liabilities, and therefore the amount of cash
available for distribution to its shareholders would be reduced or eliminated.
ProLogis elected real estate investment trust status effective beginning
with its taxable year ended December 31, 1993 and the ProLogis board of trustees
believes that ProLogis has operated and currently intends that ProLogis will
operate in a manner that permits it to qualify as a real estate investment trust
in each taxable year thereafter. There can be no assurance, however, that this
expectation will be fulfilled, since qualification as a real estate investment
trust depends on ProLogis continuing to satisfy numerous asset, income and
distribution tests described below, which in turn will be dependent in part on
ProLogis' operating results.
The following summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code, its
legislative history, administrative pronouncements, judicial decisions and
Treasury regulations, subsequent changes to any of which may affect the tax
consequences described in this prospectus, possibly on a retroactive basis. The
following summary is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations and does
not give a detailed discussion of any state, local, or foreign tax
considerations, nor does it discuss all of the aspects of federal income
taxation that may be relevant to a prospective shareholder in light of his or
her particular circumstances or to various types of shareholders, including
insurance companies, tax-exempt entities, financial institutions or
broker-dealers, foreign corporations and persons who are not citizens or
residents of the United States, subject to special treatment under the federal
income tax laws.
TAXATION OF PROLOGIS
General
In any year in which ProLogis qualifies as a real estate investment trust,
in general it will not be subject to federal income tax on that portion of its
real estate investment trust taxable income or capital gain which is distributed
to shareholders. ProLogis may, however, be subject to tax at normal corporate
rates upon any taxable income or capital gain not distributed. To the extent
that ProLogis elects to retain and pay income tax
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on its net long-term capital gain, shareholders are required to include their
proportionate share of the undistributed long-term capital gain in income but
receive a credit for their share of any taxes paid on such gain by ProLogis.
Notwithstanding its qualification as a real estate investment trust,
ProLogis may also be subject to taxation in other circumstances. If ProLogis
should fail to satisfy either the 75% or the 95% gross income test, as discussed
below, and nonetheless maintains its qualification as a real estate investment
trust because other requirements are met, it will be subject to a 100% tax on
the greater of the amount by which ProLogis fails to satisfy either the 75% test
or the 95% test, multiplied by a fraction intended to reflect ProLogis'
profitability. ProLogis will also be subject to a tax of 100% on net income from
any "prohibited transaction," as described below, and if ProLogis has net income
from the sale or other disposition of "foreclosure property" which is held
primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business or other non-
qualifying income from foreclosure property, it will be subject to tax on such
income from foreclosure property at the highest corporate rate. ProLogis will
also be subject to a tax of 100% on the amount of any rents from real property,
deductions or excess interest that would be reapportioned under Internal Revenue
Code Section 482 to one of its "taxable REIT subsidiaries" in order to more
clearly reflect income of the taxable REIT subsidiary. A taxable REIT subsidiary
is any corporation for which a joint election has been made by a real estate
investment trust and such corporation to treat such corporation as a taxable
REIT subsidiary with respect to such real estate investment trust. See "-- Other
Tax Considerations -- Investments in taxable REIT subsidiaries." In addition, if
ProLogis should fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum
of:
(1) 85% of its real estate investment trust ordinary income for such
year;
(2) 95% of its real estate investment trust capital gain net income
for such year, other than capital gains ProLogis elects to retain and pay
tax on as described below; and
(3) any undistributed taxable income from prior years,
ProLogis would be subject to a 4% excise tax on the excess of such required
distribution over the amounts actually distributed. To the extent that ProLogis
elects to retain and pay income tax on its long-term capital gain, such retained
amounts will be treated as having been distributed for purposes of the 4% excise
tax.
A real estate investment trust is permitted to designate in a notice mailed
to shareholders within 60 days of the end of the taxable year, or in a notice
mailed with its annual report for the taxable year, such amount of undistributed
net long-term capital gains it received during the taxable year, which its
shareholders are to include in their taxable income as long-term capital gains.
Thus, if ProLogis made this designation, the shareholders of ProLogis would
include in their income as long-term capital gains their proportionate share of
the undistributed net capital gains as designated by ProLogis and ProLogis would
have to pay the tax on such gains within 30 days of the close of its taxable
year. Each shareholder of ProLogis would be deemed to have paid such
shareholder's share of the tax paid by ProLogis on such gains, which tax would
be credited or refunded to the shareholder. A shareholder would increase his tax
basis in his ProLogis shares by the difference between the amount of income to
the holder resulting from the designation less the holder's credit or refund for
the tax paid by ProLogis. ProLogis may also be subject to the corporate
"alternative minimum tax," as well as tax in various situations and on some
types of transactions not presently contemplated. ProLogis will use the calendar
year both for federal income tax purposes and for financial reporting purposes.
In order to qualify as a real estate investment trust, ProLogis must meet,
among others, the following requirements:
Share ownership test
ProLogis' shares must be held by a minimum of 100 persons for at least 335
days in each taxable year or a proportional number of days in any short taxable
year. In addition, at all times during the second half of each taxable year, no
more than 50% in value of the ProLogis shares may be owned, directly or
indirectly and by applying constructive ownership rules, by five or fewer
individuals, which for this purpose includes
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some tax-exempt entities. Any stock held by a qualified domestic pension or
other retirement trust will be treated as held directly by its beneficiaries in
proportion to their actuarial interest in such trust rather than by such trust.
Pursuant to the constructive ownership rules, Security Capital Group
Incorporated's ownership of shares is attributed to its shareholders for
purposes of the 50% test. For taxable years beginning after August 5, 1997, if
ProLogis complies with the Treasury regulations for ascertaining its actual
ownership and did not know, or exercising reasonable diligence would not have
reason to know, that more than 50% in value of its outstanding shares of stock
were held, actually or constructively, by five or fewer individuals, then
ProLogis will be treated as meeting such requirement.
In order to ensure compliance with the 50% test, ProLogis has placed
restrictions on the transfer of the shares of its stock to prevent additional
concentration of ownership. Moreover, to evidence compliance with these
requirements under Treasury regulations, ProLogis must maintain records which
disclose the actual ownership of its outstanding shares of stock and such
regulations impose penalties against ProLogis for failing to do so. In
fulfilling its obligations to maintain records, ProLogis must and will demand
written statements each year from the record holders of designated percentages
of shares of its stock disclosing the actual owners of such shares as prescribed
by Treasury regulations. A list of those persons failing or refusing to comply
with such demand must be maintained as a part of ProLogis' records. A
shareholder failing or refusing to comply with ProLogis' written demand must
submit with his or her tax returns a similar statement disclosing the actual
ownership of shares of ProLogis' stock and other information. In addition,
ProLogis' declaration of trust provides restrictions regarding the transfer of
shares that are intended to assist ProLogis in continuing to satisfy the share
ownership requirements. ProLogis intends to enforce the percentage limitations
on ownership of shares of its stock to assure that its qualification as a real
estate investment trust will not be compromised.
Asset tests
At the close of each quarter of ProLogis' taxable year, ProLogis must
satisfy tests relating to the nature of its assets determined in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles. Where ProLogis invests in a
partnership or limited liability company taxed as a partnership or disregarded
entity, ProLogis will be deemed to own a proportionate share of the
partnership's or limited liability company's assets. First, at least 75% of the
value of ProLogis' total assets must be represented by interests in real
property, interests in mortgages on real property, shares in other real estate
investment trusts, cash, cash items, and government securities, and qualified
temporary investments. Second, although the remaining 25% of ProLogis' assets
generally may be invested without restriction, ProLogis is prohibited from
owning securities representing more than 10% of either the vote or value of the
outstanding securities of any corporation other than a qualified real estate
investment trust subsidiary, another real estate investment trust or a taxable
REIT subsidiary. Further, no more than 20% of the value of ProLogis' total
assets may be represented by securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries
and no more than 5% of the value of ProLogis' total assets may be represented by
securities of any non-government issuer other than a taxable REIT subsidiary.
Gross income tests
There are currently two separate percentage tests relating to the sources
of ProLogis' gross income which must be satisfied for each taxable year. For
purposes of these tests, where ProLogis invests in a partnership or limited
liability company taxed as a partnership or disregarded entity, ProLogis will be
treated as receiving its share of the income and loss of the partnership or
limited liability company, and the gross income of the partnership or limited
liability company will retain the same character in the hands of ProLogis as it
has in the hands of the partnership or limited liability company. The two tests
are as follows:
1. The 75% Test. At least 75% of ProLogis' gross income for the
taxable year must be "qualifying income." Qualifying income generally
includes:
(1) rents from real property, except as modified below;
(2) interest on obligations secured by mortgages on, or interests
in, real property;
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(3) gains from the sale or other disposition of non-"dealer
property," which means interests in real property and real estate
mortgages, other than gain from property held primarily for sale to
customers in the ordinary course of ProLogis' trade or business;
(4) dividends or other distributions on shares in other real estate
investment trusts, as well as gain from the sale of such shares;
(5) abatements and refunds of real property taxes;
(6) income from the operation, and gain from the sale, of
"foreclosure property," which means property acquired at or in lieu of a
foreclosure of the mortgage secured by such property;
(7) commitment fees received for agreeing to make loans secured by
mortgages on real property or to purchase or lease real property; and
(8) certain qualified temporary investment income attributable to
the investment of new capital received by ProLogis in exchange for its
shares during the one-year period following the receipt of such capital.
Rents received from a tenant will not, however, qualify as rents from
real property in satisfying the 75% test, or the 95% gross income test
described below, if ProLogis, or an owner of 10% or more of ProLogis,
directly or constructively owns 10% or more of such tenant, unless the
tenant is a taxable REIT subsidiary of ProLogis and certain other
requirements are met with respect to the real property being rented. In
addition, if rent attributable to personal property leased in connection
with a lease of real property is greater than 15% of the total rent
received under the lease, then the portion of rent attributable to such
personal property will not qualify as rents from real property. Moreover,
an amount received or accrued will not qualify as rents from real property
or as interest income for purposes of the 75% and 95% gross income tests if
it is based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person,
although an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from
"rents from real property" solely by reason of being based on a fixed
percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. Finally, for rents received
to qualify as rents from real property, ProLogis generally must not furnish
or render services to tenants, other than through a taxable REIT
subsidiary, or an "independent contractor" from whom ProLogis derives no
income, except that ProLogis may directly provide services that are
"usually or customarily rendered" in connection with the rental of
properties for occupancy only, or are not otherwise considered "rendered to
the occupant for his convenience." For taxable years beginning after August
5, 1997, a real estate investment trust is permitted to render a de minimis
amount of impermissible services to tenants, or in connection with the
management of property, and still treat amounts received with respect to
that property as rent from real property. The amount received or accrued by
the real estate investment trust during the taxable year for the
impermissible services with respect to a property may not exceed 1% of all
amounts received or accrued by the real estate investment trust directly or
indirectly from the property. The amount received for any service or
management operation for this purpose shall be deemed to be not less than
150% of the direct cost of the real estate investment trust in furnishing
or rendering the service or providing the management or operation.
Furthermore, ProLogis may furnish such impermissible services to tenants
through a taxable REIT subsidiary and still treat amounts otherwise
received with respect to the property as rent from real property.
2. The 95% Test. In addition to deriving 75% of its gross income from
the sources listed above, at least 95% of ProLogis' gross income for the
taxable year must be derived from the above-described qualifying income, or
from dividends, interest or gains from the sale or disposition of stock or
other securities that are not dealer property. Dividends, other than on
real estate investment trust shares, and interest on any obligations not
secured by an interest in real property are included for purposes of the
95% test, but not for purposes of the 75% test. In addition, payments to
ProLogis under an interest rate swap, cap agreement, option, futures
contract, forward rate agreement or any similar financial instrument
entered into by ProLogis to hedge indebtedness incurred or to be incurred,
and any gain from the sale or
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other disposition of these instruments, are treated as qualifying income
for purposes of the 95% test, but not for purposes of the 75% test.
For purposes of determining whether ProLogis complies with the 75% and 95%
income tests, gross income does not include income from prohibited transactions.
A "prohibited transaction" is a sale of property held primarily for sale to
customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business, excluding foreclosure
property, unless such property is held by ProLogis for at least four years and
other requirements relating to the number of properties sold in a year, their
tax bases, and the cost of improvements made to the property are satisfied. See
"-- Taxation of ProLogis -- General".
Even if ProLogis fails to satisfy one or both of the 75% or 95% gross
income tests for any taxable year, it may still qualify as a real estate
investment trust for such year if it is entitled to relief under provisions of
the Internal Revenue Code. These relief provisions will generally be available
if:
(1) ProLogis' failure to comply was due to reasonable cause and not
due to willful neglect;
(2) ProLogis reports the nature and amount of each item of its income
included in the tests on a schedule attached to its tax return; and
(3) any incorrect information on this schedule is not due to fraud
with intent to evade tax.
If these relief provisions apply, however, ProLogis will nonetheless be
subject to a special tax upon the greater of the amount by which it fails either
the 75% or 95% gross income test for that year.
Annual distribution requirements
In order to qualify as a real estate investment trust, ProLogis is required
to make distributions, other than capital gain dividends, to its shareholders
each year in an amount at least equal to the sum of 90% of ProLogis' real estate
investment trust taxable income, computed without regard to the dividends paid
deduction and real estate investment trust net capital gain, plus 90% of its net
income after tax, if any, from foreclosure property, minus the sum of some items
of excess non-cash income. Such distributions must be paid in the taxable year
to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if declared before
ProLogis timely files its tax return for such year and if paid on or before the
first regular dividend payment after such declaration. To the extent that
ProLogis does not distribute all of its net capital gain or distributes at least
90%, but less than 100%, of its real estate investment trust taxable income, as
adjusted, it will be subject to tax on the undistributed amount at regular
capital gains or ordinary corporate tax rates, as the case may be. For taxable
years beginning after August 5, 1997, a real estate investment trust is
permitted, with respect to undistributed net long-term capital gains it received
during the taxable year, to designate in a notice mailed to shareholders within
60 days of the end of the taxable year, or in a notice mailed with its annual
report for the taxable year, such amount of such gains which its shareholders
are to include in their taxable income as long-term capital gains. Thus, if
ProLogis made this designation, the shareholders of ProLogis would include in
their income as long-term capital gains their proportionate share of the
undistributed net capital gains as designated by ProLogis and ProLogis would
have to pay the tax on such gains within 30 days of the close of its taxable
year. Each shareholder of ProLogis would be deemed to have paid such
shareholder's share of the tax paid by ProLogis on such gains, which tax would
be credited or refunded to the shareholder. A shareholder would increase his tax
basis in his ProLogis stock by the difference between the amount of income to
the holder resulting from the designation less the holder's credit or refund for
the tax paid by ProLogis.
ProLogis intends to make timely distributions sufficient to satisfy the
annual distribution requirements. It is possible that ProLogis may not have
sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet the 90% distribution requirement,
due to timing differences between the actual receipt of income and actual
payment of expenses on the one hand, and the inclusion of such income and
deduction of such expenses in computing ProLogis' real estate investment trust
taxable income on the other hand. To avoid any problem with the 90% distribution
requirement, ProLogis will closely monitor the relationship between its real
estate investment trust taxable
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income and cash flow and, if necessary, intends to borrow funds in order to
satisfy the distribution requirement. However, there can be no assurance that
such borrowing would be available at such time.
If ProLogis fails to meet the 90% distribution requirement as a result of
an adjustment to ProLogis' tax return by the Internal Revenue Service, ProLogis
may retroactively cure the failure by paying a "deficiency dividend," plus
applicable penalties and interest, within a specified period.
Tax aspects of ProLogis' investments in partnerships
A significant portion of ProLogis' investments are owned through various
limited partnerships. ProLogis will include its proportionate share of each
partnership's income, gains, losses, deductions and credits for purposes of the
various real estate investment trust gross income tests and in its computation
of its real estate investment trust taxable income and the assets held by each
partnership for purposes of the real estate investment trust asset tests.
ProLogis' interest in the partnerships involves special tax considerations,
including the possibility of a challenge by the Internal Revenue Service of the
status of the partnerships as partnerships, as opposed to associations taxable
as corporations, for federal income tax purposes. If a partnership were to be
treated as an association, such partnership would be taxable as a corporation
and therefore subject to an entity-level tax on its income. In such a situation,
the character of ProLogis' assets and items of gross income would change, which
may preclude ProLogis from satisfying the real estate investment trust asset
tests and may preclude ProLogis from satisfying the real estate investment trust
gross income tests. See "-- Failure to qualify" below, for a discussion of the
effect of ProLogis' failure to meet such tests. Based on factual representations
of ProLogis, in the opinion of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, under existing federal
income tax law and regulations, ProLogis Limited Partnership-I, ProLogis Limited
Partnership-II, ProLogis Limited Partnership-III and ProLogis Limited
Partnership-IV will be treated for federal income tax purposes as partnerships,
and not as associations taxable as corporations. Such opinion, however, is not
binding on the Internal Revenue Service.
Failure to qualify
If ProLogis fails to qualify for taxation as a real estate investment trust
in any taxable year and relief provisions do not apply, ProLogis will be subject
to tax, including applicable alternative minimum tax, on its taxable income at
regular corporate rates. Distributions to shareholders in any year in which
ProLogis fails to qualify as a real estate investment trust will not be
deductible by ProLogis, nor generally will they be required to be made under the
Internal Revenue Code. In such event, to the extent of current and accumulated
earnings and profits, all distributions to shareholders will be taxable as
ordinary income, and subject to limitations in the Internal Revenue Code,
corporate distributees may be eligible for the dividends-received deduction.
Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, ProLogis also
will be disqualified from re-electing taxation as a real estate investment trust
for the four taxable years following the year during which qualification was
lost.
TAXATION OF PROLOGIS' SHAREHOLDERS
Taxation of taxable domestic shareholders
As long as ProLogis qualifies as a real estate investment trust,
distributions made to ProLogis' taxable domestic shareholders out of current or
accumulated earnings and profits, and not designated as capital gain dividends,
will be taken into account by them as ordinary income and will not be eligible
for the dividends-received deduction for corporations. Distributions, and for
tax years beginning after August 5, 1997, undistributed amounts, that are
designated as capital gain dividends will be taxed as long-term capital gains,
to the extent they do not exceed ProLogis' actual net capital gain for the
taxable year, without regard to the period for which the shareholder has held
his, her or its shares. However, corporate shareholders may be required to treat
up to 20% of some capital gain dividends as ordinary income. To the extent that
ProLogis makes distributions in excess of current and accumulated earnings and
profits, these distributions are treated first as a tax-free return of capital
to the shareholder, reducing the tax basis of a shareholder's shares by the
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amount of such distribution, but not below zero, with distributions in excess of
the shareholder's tax basis taxable as capital gains, if the shares are held as
a capital asset. In addition, any dividend declared by ProLogis in October,
November or December of any year and payable to a shareholder of record on a
specific date in any such month shall be treated as both paid by ProLogis and
received by the shareholder on December 31 of such year, provided that the
dividend is actually paid by ProLogis during January of the following calendar
year. Shareholders may not include in their individual income tax returns any
net operating losses or capital losses of ProLogis. Federal income tax rules may
also require that minimum tax adjustments and preferences be apportioned to
ProLogis shareholders.
In general, any loss upon a sale or exchange of shares by a shareholder who
has held such shares for six months or less, after applying holding period
rules, will be treated as a long-term capital loss, to the extent of
distributions from ProLogis required to be treated by such shareholder as
long-term capital gains.
Gain from the sale or exchange of shares held for more than one year is
taxed at a maximum capital gain rate of 20%. A lower capital gain rate may be
applied if a holder acquired or is treated as having acquired such shares after
December 31, 2000 and holds such shares more than five years. Pursuant to
Internal Revenue Service guidance, ProLogis may classify portions of its capital
gain dividends as gains eligible for the 20% capital gains rate or as
unrecaptured Internal Revenue Code Section 1250 gain taxable at a maximum rate
of 25%.
Shareholders of ProLogis should consult their tax advisor with respect to
taxation of capital gains and capital gain dividends and with regard to state,
local and foreign taxes on capital gains.
Backup withholding
ProLogis will report to its domestic shareholders and to the Internal
Revenue Service the amount of distributions paid during each calendar year, and
the amount of tax withheld, if any, with respect to the paid distributions.
Under the backup withholding rules, a shareholder may be subject to backup
withholding at applicable rates with respect to distributions paid unless such
shareholder is a corporation or comes within other exempt categories and, when
required, demonstrates this fact or provides a taxpayer identification number,
certifies as to no loss of exemption from backup withholding, and otherwise
complies with applicable requirements of the backup withholding rules. A
shareholder that does not provide ProLogis with its correct taxpayer
identification number may also be subject to penalties imposed by the Internal
Revenue Service. Any amount paid as backup withholding will be credited against
the shareholder's income tax liability. In addition, ProLogis may be required to
withhold a portion of capital gain distributions made to any shareholders who
fail to certify their non-foreign status to ProLogis. For further discussions
regarding backup withholding, see "Federal Income Tax Considerations Relating to
the Plan -- Backup withholding and administrative expenses."
Taxation of tax-exempt shareholders
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a revenue ruling in which it held
that amounts distributed by a real estate investment trust to a tax-exempt
employees' pension trust do not constitute unrelated business taxable income.
Subject to the discussion below regarding a "pension-held real estate investment
trust," based upon the ruling, the analysis in the ruling and the statutory
framework of the Internal Revenue Code, distributions by ProLogis to a
shareholder that is a tax-exempt entity should also not constitute unrelated
business taxable income, provided that the tax-exempt entity has not financed
the acquisition of its shares with "acquisition indebtedness" within the meaning
of the Internal Revenue Code, and that the shares are not otherwise used in an
unrelated trade or business of the tax-exempt entity, and that ProLogis,
consistent with its present intent, does not hold a residual interest in a real
estate mortgage investment conduit.
However, if any pension or other retirement trust that qualifies under
Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code holds more than 10% by value of the
interests in a "pension-held real estate investment trust" at any time during a
taxable year, a portion of the dividends paid to the qualified pension trust by
such real estate investment trust may constitute unrelated business taxable
income. For these purposes, a "pension-held real estate investment trust" is
defined as a real estate investment trust if such real estate investment trust
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would not have qualified as a real estate investment trust but for the
provisions of the Internal Revenue Code which look through such a qualified
pension trust in determining ownership of stock of the real estate investment
trust and at least one qualified pension trust holds more than 25% by value of
the interests of such real estate investment trust or one or more qualified
pension trusts, each owning more than a 10% interest by value in the real estate
investment trust, hold in the aggregate more than 50% by value of the interests
in such real estate investment trust.
Taxation of foreign shareholders
ProLogis will qualify as a "domestically controlled real estate investment
trust" so long as less than 50% in value of its Shares is held by foreign
persons, for example, nonresident aliens and foreign corporations, partnerships,
trust and estates. It is currently anticipated that ProLogis will qualify as a
domestically controlled real estate investment trust. Under these circumstances,
gain from the sale of the shares by a foreign person should not be subject to
U.S. taxation, unless such gain is effectively connected with such person's U.S.
business or, in the case of an individual foreign person, such person is present
within the U.S. for more than 182 days in such taxable year.
Distributions of cash generated by ProLogis' real estate operations, but
not by its sale or exchange of such properties, that are paid to foreign persons
generally will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30%, unless an
applicable tax treaty reduces that tax and the foreign shareholder files with
ProLogis the required form evidencing such lower rate or unless the foreign
shareholder files an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI with ProLogis claiming
that the distribution is "effectively connected" income. Under applicable
Treasury regulations, foreign shareholders generally have to provide the
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI beginning January 1, 2000 and every three
years thereafter unless the information on the form changes before that date.
Distributions of proceeds attributable to the sale or exchange by ProLogis
of U.S. real property interests are subject to income and withholding taxes
pursuant to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980, and may be
subject to branch profits tax in the hands of a shareholder which is a foreign
corporation if it is not entitled to treaty relief or exemption. ProLogis is
required by applicable Treasury regulations to withhold 35% of any distribution
to a foreign person that could be designated by ProLogis as a capital gain
dividend; this amount is creditable against the foreign shareholder's Foreign
Investment in Real Property Tax Act tax liability.
The federal income taxation of foreign persons is a highly complex matter
that may be affected by many other considerations. Accordingly, foreign
investors in ProLogis should consult their own tax advisors regarding the income
and withholding tax considerations with respect to their investment in ProLogis.
OTHER TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Investments in taxable REIT subsidiaries
CSI/Frigo LLC, ProLogis Logistics Services Incorporated, GOProLogis
Incorporated, Vizional Corporation, ProLogis-Broadband (1) Incorporated and
PhatPipe, Inc. have elected to be treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries of
ProLogis effective January 1, 2001. ProLogis Development Services Incorporated
has elected to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary of ProLogis effective
March 30, 2001. As taxable REIT subsidiaries of ProLogis, these entities will
pay federal and state income taxes at the full applicable corporate rates on
their income prior to payment of any dividends. Additionally, Frigoscandia S.A.
and Kingspark LLC have been treated as taxable REIT subsidiaries of ProLogis
effective January 1, 2001, and may be subject to foreign income taxes. ProLogis'
taxable REIT subsidiaries will attempt to minimize the amount of such taxes, but
there can be no assurance whether or the extent to which measures taken to
minimize taxes will be successful. To the extent a taxable REIT subsidiary of
ProLogis is required to pay federal, state or local taxes, the cash available
for distribution by such taxable REIT subsidiary to its shareholders will be
reduced accordingly.
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Taxable REIT subsidiaries are subject to full corporate level taxation on
their earnings, but are permitted to engage in certain types of activities, such
as those performed by taxable entities in which ProLogis owns an interest, which
cannot be performed directly by real estate investment trusts without
jeopardizing their real estate investment trust status. Taxable REIT
subsidiaries are subject to limitations on the deductibility of payments made to
the associated real estate investment trust which could materially increase the
taxable income of the taxable REIT subsidiary and are subject to prohibited
transaction taxes on certain other payments made to the associated real estate
investment trust. ProLogis will be subject to a tax of 100% on the amount of any
rents from real property, deductions or excess interest that would be
reapportioned under Internal Revenue Code Section 482 to one of its taxable REIT
subsidiaries in order to more clearly reflect income of the taxable REIT
subsidiary.
Under the taxable REIT subsidiary provision, ProLogis and any taxable
entity in which ProLogis owns an interest are allowed to jointly elect to treat
such entity as a "taxable REIT subsidiary." As described above, taxable REIT
subsidiary elections have been made for certain entities in which ProLogis owns
an interest. Additional taxable REIT subsidiary elections may be made in the
future for additional entities in which ProLogis owns an interest.
Tax on built-in gain
Pursuant to Notice 88-19, 1988-1 C.B. 486, a C corporation that elects to
be taxed as a real estate investment trust has to recognize any gain that would
have been realized if the C corporation had sold all of its assets for their
respective fair market values at the end of its last taxable year before the
taxable year in which it qualifies to be taxed as a real estate investment trust
and immediately liquidated unless the real estate investment trust elects to be
taxed under rules similar to the rules of Section 1374 of the Internal Revenue
Code.
Since ProLogis has made this election, if during the "recognition period,"
being the 10-year period beginning on the first day of the first taxable year
for which ProLogis qualifies as a real estate investment trust, ProLogis
recognizes gain on the disposition of any asset held by ProLogis as of the
beginning of the recognition period, then, to the extent of the excess of the
fair market value of such asset as of the beginning of the recognition period
over ProLogis' adjusted basis in such asset as of the beginning of the
recognition period, such gain will be subject to tax at the highest regular
corporate rate. Because ProLogis acquires many of its properties in fully
taxable transactions and presently expects to hold each property beyond the
recognition period, it is not anticipated that ProLogis will pay a substantial
corporate-level tax on its built-in gain.
Possible legislative or other actions affecting tax consequences
Prospective shareholders should recognize that the present federal income
tax treatment of an investment in ProLogis may be modified by legislative,
judicial or administrative action at any time and that any such action may
affect investments and commitments previously made. The rules dealing with
federal income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the
legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury,
resulting in revisions of regulations and revised interpretations of established
concepts as well as statutory changes. Revisions in federal tax laws and
interpretations of these laws could adversely affect the tax consequences of an
investment in ProLogis.
State and local taxes
ProLogis and its shareholders may be subject to state or local taxation in
various jurisdictions, including those in which it or they transact business or
reside. The state and local tax treatment of ProLogis and its shareholders may
not conform to the federal income tax consequences discussed above.
Consequently, prospective shareholders should consult their own tax advisors
regarding the effect of state and local tax laws on an investment in the offered
securities of ProLogis.
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Foreign taxes
Frigoscandia S.A., a Luxembourg corporation, the ProLogis European
Properties Fund, an entity formed under the laws of Luxembourg, Kingspark
Holding S.A., a Luxembourg corporation, and ProLogis International Incorporated,
a Delaware corporation, and each of their subsidiaries and affiliates, may be
subject to taxation in various foreign jurisdictions. Each of the parties will
pay any such foreign taxes prior to payment of any dividends. Each entity will
attempt to minimize the amount of such taxes, but there can be no assurance
whether or the extent to which measures taken to minimize taxes will be
successful. To the extent that any of these entities is required to pay foreign
taxes, the cash available for distribution to its shareholders will be reduced
accordingly.
Each prospective purchaser is advised to consult with his or her tax
advisor regarding the specific tax consequences to him or her of the purchase,
ownership, and sales of common shares, including the federal, state, local,
foreign, and other tax consequences of such purchase, ownership, sale and
election and of potential changes in applicable tax laws.
EACH PROSPECTIVE PURCHASER IS ADVISED TO CONSULT WITH HIS OR HER TAX
ADVISOR REGARDING THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES TO HIM OR HER OF THE PURCHASE,
OWNERSHIP, AND SALES OF PROLOGIS COMMON SHARES, INCLUDING THE FEDERAL, STATE,
LOCAL, FOREIGN, AND OTHER TAX CONSEQUENCES OF SUCH PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP, SALE AND
ELECTION AND OF POTENTIAL CHANGES IN APPLICABLE TAX LAWS.
USE OF PROCEEDS
The net proceeds from the sale of common shares purchased by the agent
directly from ProLogis will be used for the development and acquisition of
additional distribution facilities, as suitable opportunities arise, for the
repayment of outstanding indebtedness at the time and for working general
corporate. ProLogis will not receive any proceeds from purchases of common
shares by the agent in the open market or in negotiated transactions with third
parties.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and, in accordance therewith, file reports, proxy statements and
other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such reports,
proxy statements and other information can be inspected and copied at the public
reference facilities maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at 450
Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of such material can be
obtained at prescribed rates from the Public Reference Room of the Securities
and Exchange Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 or by
calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. Such material
can also be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission's worldwide web
site at http://www.sec.gov. Our outstanding common shares, Series D cumulative
redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest and Series E cumulative
redeemable preferred shares of beneficial interest, are listed on the New York
Stock Exchange under the symbols "PLD", "PLD-PRD" and "PLD-PRE", respectively,
and all such reports, proxy statements and other information filed by us with
the New York Stock Exchange may be inspected at the New York Stock Exchange's
offices at 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005. You can also obtain
information about us at our website, http://ir.prologis.com.
We have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration
statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act of 1933, with respect to the
common shares of ProLogis being offered. This prospectus, which constitutes part
of the registration statement, does not contain all of the information set forth
in the registration statement. Parts of the registration statement are omitted
from this prospectus in accordance with the rules and regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission. For further information, your attention is
directed to the registration statement. Statements made in this prospectus
concerning the contents of any documents referred to herein are not necessarily
complete, and in each case are qualified in all respects by reference to the
copy of such document filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission allows us to "incorporate by
reference" the information we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you
to those documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important
part of this prospectus, and information that we file later with the Securities
and Exchange Commission will automatically update and supersede this
information.
ProLogis incorporates by reference the documents listed below:
(a) ProLogis' annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2001, filed on April 5, 2002, as amended by Form 10-K/A filed on April
16, 2002; and
(b) ProLogis' quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002 filed on May 15, 2002; and
(c) ProLogis' periodic reports on Form 8-K filed April 23, 2002 and
April 30, 2002; and
(d) The description of the ProLogis common shares and preferred share
purchase rights contained or incorporated by reference in ProLogis'
registration statement on Form 8-A filed February 23, 1994.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has assigned file number 1-12846 to
the reports and other information that ProLogis files with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
You may request a copy of each of the above-listed ProLogis documents at no
cost, by writing or telephoning ProLogis at the following address or telephone
number.
Investor Relations Department
ProLogis Trust
14100 East 35th Place
Aurora, Colorado 80011
(800) 820-0181
http://ir.prologis.com
All documents subsequently filed by ProLogis pursuant to Section 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act, prior to the termination of
the offering, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this
prospectus.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated herein shall be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this
prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document that is deemed to be incorporated herein modifies or
supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be
deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
prospectus.
You should rely only on the information contained in this document or to
which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
information that is inconsistent with information contained in this document or
any document incorporated herein. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
securities in any state where the offer and sale of these securities is not
permitted. The information in this prospectus is current as of the date it is
mailed to security holders, and not necessarily as of any later date. If any
material change occurs during the period that this prospectus is required to be
delivered, this prospectus will be supplemented or amended.
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EXPERTS
The consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2001 and 2000, and the
consolidated statements of earnings and comprehensive income, shareholders'
equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December
31, 2001 and schedule of ProLogis incorporated by reference in this prospectus
and elsewhere in the registration statement have been audited by Arthur Andersen
LLP, independent public accountants, as set forth in their reports. In those
reports, that firm states that with respect to certain subsidiaries, its opinion
is based on the reports of other independent public accountants, namely KPMG
LLP. The financial statements and supporting schedules referred to above have
been incorporated by reference herein in reliance upon the authority of those
firms as experts in accounting and auditing.
LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the common shares offered pursuant to this prospectus will
be passed on for ProLogis by Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago, Illinois. Mayer,
Brown, Rowe & Maw has in the past represented and is currently representing
ProLogis and some of its affiliates.
SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON THE PLAN
Authorization forms, optional cash payment forms, changes in name or
address, notices of termination, requests for refunds of payments to purchase
common shares, common share certificates or the sale of common shares held in
the plan should be directed to, and may be obtained from, and inquiries
regarding the distribution reinvestment discount and the optional cash payment
discount or any other questions about the plan should be directed to:
EquiServe Trust Company, N.A.
P.O. Box 43010
Providence, RI 02940-3010
Telephone: (800) 956-3378
Requests for waivers should be directed to, and may be obtained from, and
inquiries regarding the threshold price and the waiver discount should be
directed to:
ProLogis Trust
14100 East 35th Place
Aurora, Colorado 80011
Phone: (800) 820-0181
Fax: (303) 375-8581
Attention: Share Purchase Plan Representative
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EXHIBIT A
REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS
DISTRIBUTION RECORD DATE DISTRIBUTION PAYMENT DATE
------------------------ -------------------------
May 15, 2002 May 29, 2002
August 16, 2002 August 30, 2002
November 13, 2002 November 27, 2002
February 14, 2003 February 28, 2003
May 16, 2003 May 30, 2003
August 15, 2003 August 29, 2003
November 12, 2003 November 26, 2003
February 13, 2004 February 27, 2004
May 14, 2004 May 28, 2004
August 17, 2004 August 31, 2004
November 16, 2004 November 30, 2004
OPTIONAL CASH PAYMENTS
OPTIONAL
CASH PAYMENT
DUE DATE INVESTMENT DATE
------------ ---------------
May 24, 2002 May 29, 2002
June 12, 2002 June 14, 2002
June 26, 2002 June 28, 2002
July 11, 2002 July 15, 2002
July 29, 2002 July 31, 2002
August 13, 2002 August 15, 2002
August 28, 2002 August 30, 2002
September 12, 2002 September 16, 2002
September 26, 2002 September 30, 2002
October 11, 2002 October 15, 2002
October 29, 2002 October 31, 2002
November 13, 2002 November 15, 2002
November 25, 2002 November 27, 2002
December 12, 2002 December 16, 2002
December 27, 2002 December 31, 2002
January 13, 2003 January 15, 2003
January 29, 2003 January 31, 2003
February 12, 2003 February 14, 2003
February 26, 2003 February 28, 2003
March 12, 2003 March 14, 2003
March 27, 2003 March 31, 2003
April 11, 2003 April 15, 2003
April 28, 2003 April 30, 2003
May 13, 2003 May 15, 2003
May 28, 2003 May 30, 2003
June 12, 2003 June 16, 2003
June 26, 2003 June 30, 2003
July 11, 2003 July 15, 2003
July 29, 2003 July 31, 2003
August 13, 2003 August 15, 2003
August 27, 2003 August 29, 2003
September 11, 2003 September 15, 2003
September 26, 2003 September 30, 2003
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OPTIONAL
CASH PAYMENT
DUE DATE INVESTMENT DATE
------------ ---------------
October 13, 2003 October 15, 2003
October 29, 2003 October 31, 2003
November 12, 2003 November 14, 2003
November 24, 2003 November 26, 2003
December 11, 2003 December 15, 2003
December 29, 2003 December 31, 2003
January 13, 2004 January 15, 2004
January 28, 2004 January 30, 2004
February 12, 2004 February 17, 2004
February 25, 2004 February 27, 2004
March 11, 2004 March 15, 2004
March 29, 2004 March 31, 2004
April 13, 2004 April 15, 2004
April 28, 2004 April 30, 2004
May 12, 2004 May 14, 2004
May 26, 2004 May 28, 2004
June 11, 2004 June 15, 2004
June 28, 2004 June 30, 2004
July 13, 2004 July 15, 2004
July 28, 2004 July 30, 2004
August 12, 2004 August 16, 2004
August 27, 2004 August 31, 2004
September 13, 2004 September 15, 2004
September 28, 2004 September 30, 2004
October 13, 2004 October 15, 2004
October 27, 2004 October 29, 2004
November 11, 2004 November 15, 2004
November 26, 2004 November 30, 2004
December 13, 2004 December 15, 2004
December 29, 2004 December 31, 2004
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EXHIBIT B*
OPTIONAL CASH INVESTMENT INVESTMENT PERIOD
THRESHOLD SET DATE PAYMENT DUE DATE COMMENCEMENT DATE CONCLUSION DATE
------------------ ---------------- ----------------- -----------------
May 8, 2002 May 10, 2002 May 13, 2002 May 24, 2002
June 12, 2002 June 14, 2002 June 17, 2002 June 28, 2002
July 15, 2002 July 17, 2002 July 18, 2002 July 31, 2002
August 14, 2002 August 16, 2002 August 19, 2002 August 30, 2002
September 12, 2002 September 16, 2002 September 17, 2002 September 30, 2002
October 15, 2002 October 17, 2002 October 18, 2002 October 31, 2002
November 11, 2002 November 13, 2002 November 14, 2002 November 27, 2002
December 12, 2002 December 16, 2002 December 17, 2002 December 31, 2002
January 14, 2003 January 16, 2003 January 17, 2003 January 31, 2003
February 11, 2003 February 13, 2003 February 14, 2003 February 28, 2003
March 13, 2003 March 17, 2003 March 18, 2003 March 31, 2003
April 11, 2003 April 15, 2003 April 16, 2003 April 30, 2003
May 13, 2003 May 15, 2003 May 16, 2003 May 30, 2003
June 12, 2003 June 16, 2003 June 17, 2003 June 30, 2003
July 15, 2003 July 17, 2003 July 18, 2003 July 31, 2003
August 13, 2003 August 15, 2003 August 18, 2003 August 29, 2003
September 12, 2003 September 16, 2003 September 17, 2003 September 30, 2003
October 15, 2003 October 17, 2003 October 20, 2003 October 31, 2003
November 10, 2003 November 12, 2003 November 13, 2003 November 26, 2003
December 12, 2003 December 16, 2003 December 17, 2003 December 31, 2003
January 13, 2004 January 15, 2004 January 16, 2004 January 30, 2004
February 10, 2004 February 12, 2004 February 13, 2004 February 27, 2004
March 15, 2004 March 17, 2004 March 18, 2004 March 31, 2004
April 14, 2004 April 16, 2004 April 19, 2004 April 30, 2004
May 12, 2004 May 14, 2004 May 17, 2004 May 28, 2004
June 14, 2004 June 16, 2004 June 17, 2004 June 30, 2004
July 14, 2004 July 16, 2004 July 19, 2004 July 30, 2004
August 13, 2004 August 17, 2004 August 18, 2004 August 31, 2004
September 14, 2004 September 16, 2004 September 17, 2004 September 30, 2004
October 13, 2004 October 15, 2004 October 18, 2004 October 29, 2004
November 11, 2004 November 15, 2004 November 16, 2004 November 30, 2004
December 15, 2004 December 17, 2004 December 20, 2004 December 31, 2004
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* Applicable only to purchases in excess of $10,000, subject to the waiver
guidelines outlined in the plan prospectus.
B-1
3640-DSPP-5/02