Tuesday, August 5, 2014

NorthStar Realty Finance to Acquire Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II in $4 Billion Transaction


Jeff Hanson
IRVINE, CA and  NEW YORK, NY (Aug. 5, 2014) – Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II, Inc. (“Griffin-American”) and NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. (NYSE: NRF) (“NorthStar Realty”) today announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which NorthStar Realty will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Griffin-American in a stock and cash transaction valued at $4 billion, or $11.50 per Griffin-American share.

 Subject to the terms and conditions of the merger agreement, Griffin-American stockholders will receive: (i) $7.75 per share in cash; and (ii) $3.75 per share in NorthStar Realty common stock.

The stock portion will be subject to a collar such that Griffin-American shareholders will receive 0.1859 NorthStar Realty shares if NorthStar Realty’s stock price is above $20.17 per share at closing and 0.2344 NorthStar Realty shares if NorthStar Realty’s stock price is below $16.00 at closing.

If NorthStar Realty’s stock price at closing is between $16.00 and $20.17 per share, Griffin shareholders will receive a number of NorthStar Realty shares between 0.1859 and 0.2344, equal to $3.75 in value. 

“When we launched Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II nearly five years ago, we set out to build a premium portfolio of diversified healthcare real estate in order to provide investors with an opportunity to realize a compelling return on their investment,” said Jeff Hanson, chairman and CEO of Griffin-American.

 “With this transaction, we have executed on our strategy, validating our investment thesis and delivering a strong result for stockholders.”


 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Damon Elder

(949) 270-9207

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