Green Courte Partners, LLC, a Chicago-based private equity investment
firm, today announced that one of its affiliates (such affiliate is
referred to as “Green Courte Partners”) completed its tender offer for
all outstanding shares of American Land Lease, Inc. (NYSE: ANL). Green
Courte Partners has accepted all of the shares tendered and not
withdrawn at $14.20 per share, net to the seller in cash without
interest thereon.
The tender offer expired at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on Tuesday,
February 17, 2009. The depositary for the tender offer has advised Green
Courte Partners and ANL that, as of the expiration of the tender offer,
a total of 7,442,072 shares of ANL’s common stock were validly tendered
and not withdrawn (which includes approximately 232,763 shares subject
to guaranteed delivery procedures), representing approximately 93% of
ANL’s outstanding common stock. As a result, the “minimum condition” of
the tender offer was satisfied. All other conditions of the tender offer
have been satisfied or waived. All tendered shares have been accepted
for payment in accordance with the terms of the tender offer.
Stockholders who validly tendered prior to the expiration of the offer
and whose shares were not properly withdrawn will promptly receive the
offer price of $14.20 per share, net to the seller in cash without
interest.
Pursuant to the terms of the previously announced merger agreement,
Green Courte Partners expects to complete its acquisition of 100% of the
common stock of ANL by effecting a merger of Green Courte Partners and
ANL, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions of the
merger. In the merger, Green Courte Partners will acquire all other
shares of outstanding common stock of ANL (other than those as to which
holders properly exercise appraisal rights, if any are available) at the
same $14.20 per share price, net to the seller in cash without interest
thereon, that was paid in the tender offer. ANL intends to call a
special meeting of its stockholders to vote on the merger and related
matters. As a result of the consummation of the tender offer, Green
Courte Partners owns and has the right to vote a sufficient number of
outstanding shares such that approval of the merger at the special
meeting is assured without the affirmative vote of any other
stockholder. Further information about the special meeting will be
forthcoming.