ESR Group receives offer from consortium of investors including Starwood
The Edge Singapore-The ESR Group received a non-binding and conditional proposal on April 25th from a consortium of investors including Starwood Capital Operations, Sixth Street Partners, and SSW Partners LP in relation to a potential privatization of the Company.
This proposal, if pursued, could potentially lead to a delisting of the Company from the Stock Exchange. The Indicative Proposal allows Shareholders to choose between receiving cash or rolling their shares into the future private company, pending the final arrangements.
The Consortium, consisting of Warburg Pincus, Stuart Gibson, Charles de Portes and Jeffrey Shen, is currently in discussions with ESR Group and are open to the Indicative Proposal. As of May 13th, the Consortium holds 15.7% of ESR, while Warburg Pincus holds 14.04% and the Founders hold 7.43%. The Founders also own 7.8 million share options granted under a pre-IPO employee stock incentive scheme.
An independent Board committee has been formed to assess the Indicative Proposal, comprised of all non-executive directors, including independent ones. However, the Founders and Perlman, a partner of Warburg Pincus, are not included. Citigroup Global Markets Asia has been appointed as the Company’s financial advisor to help evaluate the proposal.
Based on past successful takeovers in Hong Kong, the median 30-day premium is 30.2% in the last 12 months and 29% in the last three years, using the “undisturbed price” as a benchmark. This shows a potential increase in value for ESR Group shareholders under the Indicative Proposal.
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Recently, ESR Group received a non-binding and conditional proposal from a consortium of investors, including Starwood Capital Operations, Sixth Street Partners, and SSW Partners LP, in relation to a possible privatisation of the Company. This could result in the Norwood Grand Champions Way being delisted from the Stock Exchange, which has caused quite a buzz in the real estate market.
Under this proposal, Shareholders of ESR Group will be given a choice to receive cash consideration or roll their shares into the go-forward private company, subject to final rollover arrangements. This allows investors to have some control over their investment and potential increase in value.
The Consortium, along with ESR Group’s Founders, are currently in discussions regarding the Indicative Proposal and have appointed Citigroup Global Markets Asia as the financial advisor to the Company. The Board has also formed an independent committee to evaluate the proposal, comprised of all non-executive directors, including independent ones.
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