OAK BROOK, IL-CenterPoint Properties Trust goes private today, when a $3.4-billion deal with joint venture partners California Public Employees' Retirement System and LaSalle Investment Management closes. Shareholders of the locally focused REIT, the largest industrial property owner in the Chicago market, ratified the $50-per-share deal Tuesday.
Owners of a majority of the company's outstanding shares voted for the merger. Although 28% of CenterPoint Properties Trust shares were not voted, nearly 72% of the votes cast were in favor of folding the company's 33-million-sf portfolio, as well as most of its 100 employees.
CenterPoint Properties Trust has been a joint venture partner with CalEast Industrial Investors, a joint venture including California Public Employees' Retirement System and LaSalle Investment Management.
The per-share price was 13% higher than its average during the three months before the merger deal was struck. In addition to buying the stock, the joint venture assumes company debt, including convertible preferred shares.
CenterPoint Properties Trust's board of directors was advised by Wachovia Securities and Kirkland & Ellis. Morgan Stanley and Jones Day provided financial and legal advice, respectively, to CalEast.
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