BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 20, 2012--
Iron
Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), today announced that it will
issue 17.04 million new shares of its common stock in connection with
the payment of the Company’s previously announced special dividend of
$700 million, or approximately $4.06 per share (the “Special Dividend”).
The Special Dividend represents a significant part of the distribution
that would eventually be required should the Company successfully
convert to a real estate investment trust, or REIT.
The Special Dividend is payable on November 21, 2012 to stockholders of
record as of the close of business on October 22, 2012. Stockholders who
elected to receive payment of the Special Dividend in cash will receive
approximately $1.14 per share of their payment, or 28%, in cash and
approximately $2.92 per share, or 72%, in shares of the Company’s common
stock. All other stockholders will receive 100% of their payment in
shares of the Company’s common stock. All stockholders will also receive
cash in lieu of fractional shares, if any. The number of shares to be
issued was determined based upon the average closing price on the three
trading days following November 14, 2012, or $32.87 per share.
About Iron Mountain
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is a leading provider of
information storage and management solutions. The company’s real estate
network of 64 million square feet across nearly 1,000 facilities in 32
countries allows it to serve customers around the world. And its
solutions for records management, data backup and recovery, document
management and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage
costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use
their information for business advantage. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain
stores and protects billions of information assets, including business
documents, backup tapes, electronic files and medical data. Visit www.ironmountain.com
for more information, the content of which is not a part of this press
release.
Source: Iron Mountain Incorporated
Investor Relations:
Iron Mountain
Stephen P. Golden,
617-535-4799
Vice President, Investor Relations
sgolden@ironmountain.com