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| Michael Mas |
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- (BUSINESS
WIRE)-- Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE:REG) (“Regency”) today announced that
its stockholders approved its merger with Equity One, Inc. (“Equity One”)
(NYSE: EQY) at a special meeting of stockholders held earlier today.
Stockholders approved all proposals put forward at the special meeting.
As previously announced,
on November 14, 2016, Regency and Equity One entered into a definitive merger
agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which Equity One would merge
with and into Regency, with Regency continuing as the surviving public company
of the merger.
Under the terms of the
Merger Agreement, each share of Equity One common stock will be converted into
0.45 of a newly issued share of Regency common stock. On a pro forma basis,
following the closing of the transaction, Regency stockholders are expected to
own approximately 62 percent of the combined company’s common stock, and former
Equity One stockholders are expected to own approximately 38 percent.
Subject to the
satisfaction or waiver of certain other customary closing conditions, Regency
expects the merger to close on March 1, 2017.
J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
is acting as financial advisor, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is
acting as legal advisor, to Regency in connection with the merger.
For a complete copy of the company’s news release,
please contact:
Regency Investor Contacts
Michael Mas, 904-598-7470
or
Patrick Johnson,
904-598-7422
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