Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust initiates strategic review process to enhance unitholder value
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TORONTO, Oct. 28, 2020 /CNW/ - Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust (the "REIT") (TSX: INO.UN) today announced the formation of a special committee of independent members of the Board of Trustees (the "Special Committee") to consider strategic alternatives available to the REIT. The Special Committee expects to review and evaluate a wide range of strategic alternatives to enhance unitholder value.
Given the persistent discount between the REIT's trading price, the implied IFRS Value, and the Board and management's view of the REIT's intrinsic value, the trustees concluded that it would be in the best interest of the REIT and the unitholders to conduct a complete strategic review of its business and organization.
The decision was made after weighing the consequences of the pandemic in the REITs core markets. The REIT will continue to evaluate the possible acquisition or disposition of certain portfolio assets throughout this process.
The Special Committee is comprised of Dan Argiros (Chair), Jean-Daniel Cohen, Michael Lagopoulos, Jo-Ann Lempert, Marc Manasterski, Michael Missaghie and Robert Picard.
There can be no assurance that this process will result in a transaction or other new agreement. The REIT does not intend to disclose further developments with respect to this process, unless and until the Board of Trustees approves a specific transaction, alternative new agreement or otherwise concludes the review of strategic alternatives.
About Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust
Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established pursuant to a declaration of trust under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT has been created for the purpose of acquiring and owning office properties primarily located in France and Germany but also opportunistically in other European countries where assets meet the REIT's investment criteria. The REIT currently owns interests in office properties in both France and Germany.
Forward-Looking information
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SOURCE Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust
David Giraud, Chief Executive Officer, Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust, Tel: +33 1 5643 3323, [email protected]; Robert J. Picard, Trustee, Inovalis Real Estate Investment Trust, Tel: +1 416 865 6645, [email protected]
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