Educational Developmen Announces Sale And Leaseback Agreement Of Headquarters And Warehouse Facility; Agreed Upon Sale Price Of The Hilti Complex Per The Executed Contract Totaled $35.5M
Educational Development Corporation (NASDAQ:EDUC) ("EDC", the "Company" or "Seller") (http://www.edcpub.com) today announced that on June 6, 2024, it executed a Commercial Real Estate Contract ("Contract") with Rockford Holdings ("Rockford" or "Buyer") for the sale of the Company's headquarters and distribution warehouse located at 5400-5402 South 122nd East Avenue, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74146 (the "Hilti Complex").
The agreed upon sale price of the Hilti Complex per the executed Contract totaled $35,500,000. The proceeds from the sale will be utilized to pay off the Term Loans and Revolving Loan outstanding in the Credit Agreement with the Company's Bank. At closing, EDC will assign the existing Hilti tenant lease to the Buyer and will execute a separate Triple-Net Lease (the "Lease") for its occupied space in the Hilti Complex. The sale agreement does not include the excess land parcel adjacent to the Hilti Complex which will remain under the ownership of EDC.