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First Capital REIT將被Choice Properties和Kingsett以94億美元收購;喬治·韋斯頓參與其中

-- 第一資本房地產投資信託基金(First Capital REIT,股票代號:FCR-UN.TO)週四宣布,已達成協議,將由KingSett Capital和Choice Properties REIT(股票代號:CHP-UN.TO)以單位加現金的方式收購,交易總價值94億美元,其中包括承擔部分債務。該交易還涉及George Weston Limited(股票代號:WN.TO)。 根據協議條款,第一資本的單位持有人每單位將獲得19.24美元現金和0.3186個Choice Properties單位,即每單位第一資本將獲得24.40美元。該交易價格較第一資本截至4月15日的20個交易日成交量加權平均價格溢價17%,較第一資本每單位22.57美元的淨資產值溢價8%。此外,該交易價格較第一資本截至2026年4月15日的收盤價和90個交易日成交量加權平均價格分別溢價12%和21%。 在此次交易中,Choice Properties將從First Capital收購價值50億美元的零售資產。 KingSett將收購First Capital約44億美元的資產以及First Capital所有已發行和流通在外的單位。 Choice Properties收購組合預計2027年實現全年淨營業收入(NOI)2.35億美元,近期年增率為3.5%。 Choice Properties將透過債務和股權融資相結合的方式為其收購組合提供資金。這包括向First Capital的單位持有人發行6,860萬份Choice單位,價值11億美元;George Weston以6億美元股權投資購買3,800萬份單位;承擔First Capital未償還的23億美元無擔保債券;以及承擔4億美元的現有抵押貸款。剩餘對價預計將透過Choice Properties發行新的無擔保債券來籌集。 KingSett已獲得完成交易所需的全部融資,且所有融資均已落實。 週三,First Capital的股票在多倫多證券交易所收盤上漲0.14美元,至21.84美元。 Choice Properties REIT的股票收盤上漲0.04美元,至16.19美元。 George Weston的股票收盤上漲0.80美元,至97.03美元。

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