Reuters: Regulatory News: UPDATE 1-Canada's H&R sweetens Primaris bid as KingSett consortium joins fray

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UPDATE 1-Canada's H&R sweetens Primaris bid as KingSett consortium joins fray Feb 5th 2013, 15:04 Tue Feb 5, 2013 10:04am EST * KingSett Capital consortium withdraws rival bid, joins H&R * New cash-and-stock bid offers C$27.98 per Primaris unit Feb 5 (Reuters) - H&R Real Estate Investment Trust sweetened its offer for Primaris Retail REIT, after persuading rival bidders led by KingSett Capital to split Primaris between them. Units in Primaris, which has yet to react to the offer, jumped 1.8 percent in early trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Tuesday. H&R raised its cash-and-stock offer by 2.4 percent to C$27.98 per unit from its earlier bid of C$27.33 per unit, valuing Primaris at about C$2.8 billion. H&R will get Primaris' operating platform and 25 shopping centers while the KingSett Capital-led consortium, which includes the Ontario Pension Board and RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, will buy the remaining 18 properties in the Primaris portfolio. Under the deal, RioCan, Canada's largest REIT, will buy two malls in the greater Toronto area for C$362 million. Primaris owns some 35 properties in cities across Canada, including the Dufferin Mall in Toronto, the Cornwall Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, and the Tecumseh Mall in Windsor. Its tenants include many Canadian household names such as Hudson's Bay, Canadian Tire and Reitmans. It also owns about 10 Zellers outlets, which are currently being converted into Target stores. H&R said the revised transaction will boost its funds from operations, reduce its overall leverage ratio and increase market capitalization and liquidity. H&R and KingSett are entitled to a break-up fee of C$100 million as part of the deal. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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