First Capital Realty Announces Further Reduction in Gazit's Ownership to 6.7%
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TORONTO, Dec. 16, 2019 /CNW/ - First Capital Realty Inc. ("FCR" or the "Company") (TSX: FCR), one of Canada's leading developers, owners and operators of mixed-use urban real estate in Canada's most densely populated centres, announced today that Gazit-Globe Ltd. (together with its affiliates, "Gazit") has sold a portion of its interest in FCR, reducing its ownership from approximately 9.9% to 6.7%. FCR agreed to waive the previously announced one-year lock-up of Gazit's FCR shares to facilitate a reduction of Gazit's interest in FCR. Gazit's retained interest continues to be subject to the lock-up, subject to the consent of FCR, for the remainder of the one year term which expires on April 16, 2020.
As previously announced, in April 2019, Gazit reduced its ownership of FCR from 31.3% to approximately 9.9% through a bought deal secondary offering of 22 million instalment receipts representing FCR common shares (the "Offering") and the repurchase and cancellation by FCR of 36 million FCR common shares held by Gazit (the "Share Repurchase"). The final instalment is payable by holders of instalment receipts to Gazit at any time following the completion of the Offering and no later than April 13, 2020. As a result of the redemption of approximately 10 million instalment receipts since the Offering, approximately 12 million remain outstanding.
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SOURCE First Capital Realty Inc.
Kay Brekken, Executive Vice President & CFO, (416) 216-2051, [email protected], www.fcr.ca, TSX: FCR
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