U.S. investment firm Starwood Capital Group on Wednesday confirmed it sweetened its buyout bid for Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp to $1.86bn.
Starwood raised its bid for Monmouth to $18.88 per share from $18.70 apiece.
Monmouth said last week it had received an unsolicited acquisition proposal from “a large private investment firm”.
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Starwood said the total offer is for $19.51 per share, including a termination fee of $0.63 per share owed to Equity Commonwealth, which had planned to acquire Monmouth for $1.91bn in stock.
Monmouth, whose shares are up 2.1% in premarket trade, could not be immediately reached for a comment.
Source: Reuters
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