Ventas has completed its acquisition of New Senior Investment Group in an all-stock transaction, valued at approximately $2.3 billion, including New Senior debt assumed or repaid by Ventas.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, New Senior stockholders are entitled to receive 0.1561 shares of newly issued Ventas common stock for each share of New Senior common stock that they owned immediately prior to the effective time of the merger.
“The acquisition of the New Senior portfolio positions Ventas to capture the powerful senior housing upside at a cyclical inflection point, adds a high quality independent living portfolio in advantaged markets with positive supply and demand fundamentals, and builds on existing relationships with leading operators and our deep experience in independent living at an attractive valuation that is accretive to Ventas,” said Debra A. Cafaro, Ventas Chairman and CEO. “I commend Susan Givens and her excellent team for their professionalism and accomplishments,” she added.
Effective today, shares of New Senior common stock will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
