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Abrdn Property Income trust

  • Abrdn trust to strike £350m deal with Travelodge owner

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    Abrdn Property Income fund is in “advanced discussions” to sell almost all of its portfolio to fund managed by Travelodge owner, Goldentree Asset Management. The £227m investment trust saw a bid from Custodian Property Income REIT voted down earlier this year, leaving the trust to begin winding down. Only 60.8 per cent of Abrdn shareholders [...]

    Abrdn Property Income fund voted to shutter earllier this year.
  • Abrdn Property Income: Custodian bid voted down by shareholders

    Investment trusts

    Custodian Property Income REIT’s bid to take over Abrdn Property Income has failed, after not enough shareholders voted for the merger. In a general meeting yesterday, Abrdn shareholders voted 60.8 per cent in favour of the deal, less than the required 75 per cent threshold. Custodian’s offer would have seen Abrdn shareholders receive 0.78 Custodian [...]

    Since the rejection from shareholders last night, Custodian's share price has jumped 14.7 per cent, returning to close to where it had been before the offer was made in January.
  • Abrdn Property Income chair blasts ‘misleading’ comments in bidding war

    Investment trusts

    Urban Logistics REIT has backed down from its bidding war over Abrdn Property Income trust after failing to make a formal offer for the real estate investment trust. Less than an hour before the 5pm deadline yesterday set out by the UK takeover code, the trust announced that it would not be proceeding with an [...]

    QuotedData property analyst Richard Williams argued yesterday that the Custodian merger no longer represented the best option for Abrdn Property Income shareholders.
  • Who will win the Abrdn property trust bidding war?

    March 14, 2024

    The bidding war over the Abrdn Property Income Trust has reached new heights between Custodian Property Income REIT and Urban Logistics REIT.

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