Melcor REIT and Melcor Developments Announce Amended and Restated Arrangement Agreement and Cancellation of Unitholder Meeting

EDMONTON, Alberta, Nov. 25, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --

Melcor Real Estate Investment Trust (“Melcor REIT” or the “REIT”) (TSX: MR.UN) and Melcor Developments Ltd. (“Melcor” or the “Purchaser”) (TSX: MRD) announce that they have entered into an Amended and Restated Arrangement Agreement (the “Amended Agreement”) with Melcor REIT GP Inc. (the “GP”), which provides for, among other things, consideration of $5.50 per unit (“Unit”) (the “Improved Consideration”), which is $0.55 per Unit or an 11% increase over the prior consideration. Furthermore, the Amended Agreement has a new and extended 90-day “go shop” period. Given the REIT’s execution of the Amended Agreement, the REIT also announces today that it is cancelling the special meeting of REIT unitholders scheduled for November 26, 2024. This will allow the REIT to immediately commence work on the extended 90-day “go shop” process pursuant to the terms of the Amended Agreement, which will expire at 11:59 MT on February 24, 2025. The Purchaser will not have the right to match any superior proposal.

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