Exhibit 1(k) KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION (a Maryland corporation) Depositary Shares Each Representing 1/10 of a Share of 6.65% Class F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock (Liquidation Preference Equivalent to $25.00 Per Depositary Share) TERMS AGREEMENT --------------- Dated: May 7, 2003 To: Kimco Realty Corporation 3333 New Hyde Park Road New Hyde Park, New York 11042-0020 Attention: Chairman of the Board of Directors Dear Sirs: We understand that Kimco Realty Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell 7,000,000 depositary shares (the "Depositary Shares") evidenced by depositary receipts, each representing a 1/10 interest in a share of the Company's 6.65% Class F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Class F Preferred Stock") (such Class F Preferred Stock and Depositary Shares being hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Underwritten Securities"). Subject to the terms and conditions set forth or incorporated by reference herein, the underwriters named below (the "Underwriters") offer to purchase, severally and not jointly, the respective numbers of Initial Underwritten Securities (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement referred to below) set forth below opposite their respective names, at the purchase price set forth below. Number of Shares of Underwriter Underwritten Securities ----------- ----------------------- Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated.............................. 1,315,000 UBS Warburg LLC....................................... 1,315,000 Citigroup Global Markets Inc.......................... 1,315,000 Wachovia Securities, Inc.............................. 1,315,000 Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc............................... 210,000 Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated.................. 210,000 McDonald Investments Inc., a KeyCorp Company.......... 210,000 Prudential Securities Incorporated.................... 210,000 Raymond James & Associates, Inc....................... 210,000 RBC Dain Rauscher Inc................................. 210,000 Advest, Inc........................................... 30,000 BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott and Stringfellow, Inc...................... 30,000 CIBC World Markets Corp............................... 30,000 D.A. Davidson & Co.................................... 30,000 Fahnestock & Co. Inc.................................. 30,000 H&R Block Financial Advisors, Inc..................... 30,000 HSBC Securities (USA) Inc............................. 30,000 Janney Montgomery Scott LLC........................... 30,000 J.J.B. Hilliard, W.L. Lyons, Inc...................... 30,000 C.L. King & Associates, Inc........................... 30,000 Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.......................... 30,000 Quick & Reilly, Inc................................... 30,000 Charles Schwab & Co., Inc............................. 30,000 Southwest Securities, Inc............................. 30,000 U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray Inc........................ 30,000 Wells Fargo Investment Services, LLC.................. 30,000 ---------- Total................................. 7,000,000 ========== The Underwritten Securities shall have the following terms: Title of Securities: Depositary Shares Each Representing a 1/10 Interest in a Share of 6.65% Class F Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock. Number of Depositary Shares: 7,000,000. Fractional interest of each share of Class F Preferred Stock represented by a Depositary Share: 1/10. Current Ratings: Standard & Poor's - BBB+; Moody's Investors Service, Inc. - Baa2. Dividend Rate: 6.65% of the $250.00 liquidation preference per year, or $16.625 per share of Class F Preferred Stock (equal to $1.6625 per year per Depositary Share). Dividend Payment Dates: January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2003. 2 Liquidation Preference: $250.00 per share of Class F Preferred Stock (or $25.00 per Depositary Share), plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the date of payment. Public offering price per share: $25.00, plus accrued dividends, if any, from June 5, 2003. Purchase price per share: $24.2125. Conversion provisions: The Class F Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares representing Class F Preferred Stock are not convertible into or exchangeable for any other property or securities of the Company, except that, in limited circumstances, the Class F Preferred Stock and the Depositary Shares representing Class F Preferred Stock may be automatically converted into or exchanged for Class F excess preferred stock or Depositary Shares representing Class F excess preferred stock. Optional redemption provisions: Except relating to the preservation of the Company's status as a real estate investment trust, the Company may not redeem the Class F Preferred Stock prior to June 5, 2008. On or after June 5, 2008, the Company may, at its option, redeem the Class F Preferred Stock (and the preferred stock depositary will redeem the number of Depositary Shares representing the Class F Preferred Stock redeemed) for cash, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of $250.00 per share of the Class F Preferred Stock (equal to $25.00 per Depositary Share), plus accrued and unpaid dividends, if any, to the redemption date. Sinking fund requirements: None. Number of Option Securities, if any, that may be purchased by the Underwriters: None. Delayed Delivery Contracts: Not authorized Additional co-managers, if any: Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wachovia Securities, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., Legg Mason Wood Walker, Incorporated, McDonald Investments Inc., a KeyCorp Company, Prudential Securities Incorporated, Raymond James & Associates, Inc. and RBC Dain Rauscher Inc. Other material terms: None Closing date and location: June 5, 2003, 10:00 a.m.; Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, 787 Seventh Avenue, New York, New York 10019 All of the provisions contained in the Underwriting Agreement attached as Annex A hereto are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety herein and shall be deemed to be a part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein. Terms defined in such document are used herein as therein defined. 3 Please accept this offer no later than 7:00 P.M. (New York City time) on May 7, 2003 by signing a copy of this Terms Agreement in the space set forth below and returning the signed copy to us. Very truly yours, MERRILL LYNCH & CO. MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED UBS WARBURG LLC CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. WACHOVIA SECURITIES, INC. BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC. LEGG MASON WOOD WALKER, INCORPORATED MCDONALD INVESTMENTS INC., A KEYCORP COMPANY PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES INCORPORATED RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES, INC. RBC DAIN RAUSCHER INC. By: Merrill Lynch & Co. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated By: /s/ Jack Vissicchio ----------------------------------- Name: Jack Vissicchio Title: Managing Director By: UBS Warburg LLC By: /s/ David Reynolds ----------------------------------- Name: David Reynolds Title: Executive Director Acting on behalf of themselves and the other named Underwriters Accepted: KIMCO REALTY CORPORATION By: /s/ Glenn G. Cohen ------------------------------- Name: Glenn G. Cohen Title: Vice President-Treasurer 4