Granite Real Estate Investment Trust and Granite REIT Inc. Announce Effective Date of Proposed Unwind of Stapled Unit Structure
19 Septembre 2024 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (“Granite REIT”) and
Granite REIT Inc. (“Granite GP” and, together with Granite
REIT, “Granite”) (TSX: GRT.UN / NYSE: GRP.U)
announced today that the previously announced court approved plan
of arrangement to simplify Granite’s capital structure by replacing
its current stapled unit structure with a conventional REIT trust
unit structure (the “Arrangement”), is expected to be
completed and become effective on or about October 1, 2024 (the
“Effective Date”).
Currently, Granite unitholders hold stapled units (“Stapled
Units”), each of which consists of one Granite REIT unit and
one common share of Granite GP. Upon completion of the Arrangement
(i) the two components of each Stapled Unit will be uncoupled, (ii)
the common shares of Granite GP currently held by Granite
unitholders will be automatically exchanged for fractional Granite
REIT units and (iii) the Granite REIT units will be consolidated
back to the number of Stapled Units outstanding before the exchange
occurred.
As of the Effective Date, each Granite unitholder will hold a
number of Granite REIT units equal to the number of Stapled Units
they hold currently, and Granite GP will become a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Granite REIT. The Granite REIT units will trade on
the Toronto Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange under
the current ticker symbols for the Stapled Units (being “GRT.UN”
and “GRP.U”, respectively), and are expected to begin trading on a
standalone basis and not as Stapled Units on or about October 3,
2024.
ABOUT GRANITE
Granite is a Canadian-based REIT engaged in the acquisition,
development, ownership and management of logistics, warehouse and
industrial properties in North America and Europe. Granite owns 143
investment properties representing approximately 63.3 million
square feet of leasable area.
OTHER INFORMATION
Copies of financial data and other publicly filed documents
about Granite are available through the internet on the Canadian
Securities Administrators’ System for Electronic Data Analysis and
Retrieval+ (SEDAR+) which can be accessed at www.sedarplus.ca and
on the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s
Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR)
which can be accessed at www.sec.gov.
For further information, please see our website at
www.granitereit.com or contact Teresa Neto, Chief Financial
Officer, at 647-925-7560 or Andrea Sanelli, Associate Director,
Legal & Investor Services, at 647-925-7504.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release may contain statements that, to the extent
they are not recitations of historical fact, constitute
“forward-looking statements” or “forward-looking information”
within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including
the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the United
States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and applicable
Canadian securities legislation. Forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information may include, among others, statements
regarding the Arrangement, Granite’s intention to complete the
Arrangement, and Granite’s ability to obtain the required approvals
or satisfy or waive conditions to complete the Arrangement, or the
expectations or assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Words
such as “outlook”, “may”, “would”, “could”, “should”, “will”,
“likely”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “intend”, “plan”,
“forecast”, “project”, “estimate”, “seek” and similar expressions
are used to identify forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information should not be read as guarantees of future events,
performance or results and will not necessarily be accurate
indications of whether or the times at or by which such future
performance will be achieved. Undue reliance should not be placed
on such statements. Granite cautions that the timing or completion
of the Arrangement and the Effective Date cannot be predicted with
certainty, there can be no assurance at this time that all required
or desirable approvals and consents to effect the Arrangement will
be obtained by the Effective Date. Forward-looking statements and
forward-looking information are based on information available at
the time and/or management’s good faith assumptions and analyses
made in light of Granite’s perception of historical trends, current
conditions and expected future developments, as well as other
factors Granite believes are appropriate in the circumstances.
Forward-looking statements and forward-looking information are
subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
unpredictable factors, many of which are beyond Granite’s control,
that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from
such forward-looking statements and forward-looking information.
Important factors that could cause such differences include, but
are not limited to, the risk of Granite being unable to obtain
required approvals or to satisfy or waive conditions to complete
the Arrangement by the Effective Date and risks disclosed in the
Granite’s Management Information Circular/Proxy Statement dated
April 10, 2024. Forward-looking statements and forward-looking
information speak only as of the date the statements and
information were made and unless otherwise required by applicable
securities laws, Granite expressly disclaims any intention and
undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements or forward-looking information contained in this press
release to reflect subsequent information, events or circumstances
or otherwise.
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Teresa Neto Chief Financial Officer 647-925-7560
Andrea Sanelli Associate Director, Legal & Investor Services
647-925-7504.
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