-- アレス・マネジメント(ARES)は木曜日、非公開不動産投資信託(REIT)であるホワイトストーンREIT(WSR)を約17億ドル相当の全額現金取引で買収することに合意した。 両社は共同声明で、アレス・リアルエステート傘下のファンドがホワイトストーンの全株式およびオペレーティング・パートナーシップ・ユニットを1株あたり19ドルで取得すると発表した。これは、水曜日の終値に対して12%のプレミアムとなる。ホワイトストーンの株価は直近のプレマーケット取引で11%上昇したが、アレスの株価は1.3%下落した。 ロイター通信は3月、ブラックストーン(BX)を含む複数のプライベートエクイティファンドがホワイトストーンの買収に関心を示していると報じていた。 アレス・リアルエステートのグローバル不動産戦略・成長責任者であるデビッド・ロス氏は声明の中で、「ホワイトストーンのポートフォリオは、アリゾナ州とテキサス州の需要が高く供給が限られている都市圏における生活必需品を扱う商業施設を網羅することで、アレス・リアルエステートの事業基盤をさらに多様化させる魅力的な機会を提供する」と述べた。 「今後、アレス社がホワイトストーンのポートフォリオを支援・拡大し、地域社会と投資家の双方に価値を創造できると確信しています。」 3月31日現在、ホワイトストーンのポートフォリオは、フェニックス、オースティン、ダラス・フォートワース、ヒューストン、サンアントニオに56の商業施設を保有しています。 ホワイトストーンの株主の承認が必要なこの取引は、第3四半期に完了する見込みです。完了後、ホワイトストーンの株式はニューヨーク証券取引所での取引が停止されます。 「この合意に至ったことを大変嬉しく思います。この合意は、株主の皆様に大きな、即時かつ確実な価値をもたらすとともに、ホワイトストーンの資産を継続的な成功へと導くものです」と、ホワイトストーンのエイミー・フェン会長は述べています。 ホワイトストーンは2月、2026年のコア・ファンド・フロム・オペレーションズ(CFFO)が1株当たり1.10ドルから1.14ドルの範囲になるとの見通しを発表しました。
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