Brookfield Property Confirms $14.8 Billion Offer To Buy Remainder of GGP
November 13 2017 - 9:19AM
Dow Jones News
By Cara Lombardo
Brookfield Property Partners LP confirmed Monday it has made a
$14.8 billion offer to buy the shares of mall owner GGP Inc. that
it doesn't already own.
Brookfield offered to pay $23 a share for the remaining 66% of
GGP, half in cash and half in equity, the company said.
The Wall Street Journal first reported Sunday that the proposal
had been submitted to GGP's board.
The proposal represents a 21% premium on GGP's unaffected Nov. 6
closing share price. GGP shares rose 7.43% premarket Monday.
Under the proposal, GGP investors could choose either cash or
0.9656 of a limited-partnership unit of Brookfield Property for
each share, subject to proration that keeps the consideration of
cash and units from each exceeding $7.4 billion.
The transaction would create a property company with nearly $100
billion of real-estate assets and annual net operating income of
about $5 billion, Brookfield said.
Brookfield Property, which is part of Brookfield Asset
Management, owns or operates office properties, retail centers and
multifamily housing units. GGP owns around 125 high-end retail
centers around the U.S.
"We are excited about the opportunity to leverage our expertise
to grow, transform or reposition GGP's shopping centers, creating
long-term value in a way that would not otherwise be possible,"
Brookfield Chief Executive Brian Kingston said in prepared
remarks.
GGP, formerly known as General Growth Properties, confirmed
receipt of the offer Monday and said it has formed a special
committee to carefully review the proposal. The company said there
can be no assurance that a deal will be made.
Any deal would be subject to approval from a majority of
non-Brookfield-affiliated GGP shareholders. A combined company
would be approximately 30% by existing GGP shareholders.
Write to Cara Lombardo at cara.lombardo@wsj.com
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