Fortress Tender Offer for Unizo Fails
Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)–
U.S. private-equity firm Fortress Investment Group LLC said Thursday that its tender offer for real estate and hotel group Unizo Holdings Co. <3258> has ended in failure.
Applications to sell Unizo shares to Fortress fell short of the minimum requirement during the tender offer period that ended on Wednesday.
JIJI PRESS
https://jen.jiji.com/jc/i?g=ind&k=2020031901073
Announcement Regarding Results of Tender Offer for Shares of UNIZO Holdings Company, Limited (Securities Code: 3258) Company
Release – 3/19/2020 3:04 PM EDT
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sapporo GK:
(Translation)
To all parties concerned
Company Name: Sapporo GK
Managing Partner: Sapporo ISH
Executor of Managing Partner: Takaaki Fukunaga
Contact: Fortress Investment Group (Japan) GK
Tel: +81-3-6438-4400
Contact for Media Relations: Ai Saito, Kekst CNC
Tel: +81-3-5156-0189 or +81-80-4818-4822
E-mail: ai.saito@kekstcnc.com
While Sapporo GK (hereinafter referred to as the “Tender Offeror”) decided on August 16,
2019 to acquire the common shares (hereinafter referred to as the “Target Shares”) of UNIZO Holdings Company, Limited (Code No.: 3258, First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
(hereinafter referred to as the “Target”)
through a tender offer (hereinafter referred to as the “Tender Offer”) under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended; hereinafter referred to as the “Act”)
and commenced the Tender Offer on August 19, 2019, the Tender Offeror hereby announces that the Tender Offer has been completed on March 18, 2020, as follows.
1. Outline of Tender Offer
(1) Name and address of the Tender Offeror:
Name: Sapporo GK
Address: c/o Global Solutions Consulting Co., Ltd.
5-1-4 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(2) Name of the Target:
UNIZO Holdings Company, Limited
(3) Type of shares, etc. to be purchased:
Common shares
(4) Number of shares, etc. planned to be purchased:
Number of Shares Planned to be Purchased
Minimum Number of Shares Planned to be Purchased
Maximum Number of Shares Planned to be Purchased
34,220,295 shares
22,813,500 shares
Fortress