Campus Crest Communities, Inc. Announces Exercise of Underwriters’ Option and Subsequent Closing of Common Stock Offering

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Campus Crest Communities, Inc. (NYSE:CCG) (“CCG”) today announced it closed its previously announced underwritten public offering of 25,530,000 shares of its common stock, including 3,330,000 shares issued and sold pursuant to the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares. The shares were issued at a public offering price of $12.25 per share, for net proceeds of approximately $299.9 million, after deducting the underwriting discount and other net estimated offering costs.

CCG intends to use the net proceeds from this offering to fund the investment in the Copper Beech Townhome Communities’ portfolio and related transactional costs. Any remaining net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the repayment of debt. Raymond James, Barclays, Citigroup, BofA Merrill Lynch and RBC Capital Markets served as joint book-running managers for the offering. Baird and MLV & Co served as co-managers for the offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or other jurisdiction.

Copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement, final prospectus supplement and the related base prospectus may be obtained by contacting: (a) Raymond James, 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716, or by calling toll-free at 1-800-248-8863, or emailing [e-mail]; or (b) Barclays, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by calling 1-888-603-5847 or emailing [e-mail]; or (c) or the Internet site of the Securities and Exchange Commission at http://www.sec.gov.

About Campus Crest Communities, Inc.

Campus Crest Communities, Inc. is a leading developer, builder, owner and manager of high-quality, residence life focused student housing properties located close to college campuses in targeted U.S. markets. CCG is a self-managed, self-administered and vertically-integrated real estate investment trust which operates all of its properties under The Grove® brand. CCG owns interests in 39 operating student housing properties containing approximately 20,884 beds. CCG plans to deliver six projects containing approximately 3,564 beds in the third quarter of 2013. Additionally, CCG is developing a 33-story student housing tower in Philadelphia, PA containing approximately 850 beds for delivery in the third quarter of 2014. Since its inception, CCG has focused on customer service, privacy, on-site amenities and its proprietary residence life programs to provide college students across the United States with a higher quality of living.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release, together with other statements and information publicly disseminated by CCG, contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. CCG intends such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and includes this statement for purposes of complying with these safe harbor provisions. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. You should not rely on forward-looking statements since they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond CCG’s control that may cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement, including risks and uncertainties related to the proposed transaction (including but not limited to (i) the occurrence of any effect, event, development, or change that could give rise to the termination of the purchase and sale agreement, (ii) the failure to complete the proposed transaction, and (iii) the failure of any party to satisfy the conditions to the closing of the transaction. All forward-looking statements reflect CCG’s good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance. Furthermore, except as otherwise required by federal securities laws, CCG disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause CCG’s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the risk factors discussed in CCG’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in the prospectus supplement relating to the offering referred to in this press release.