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Article: Taubman Centers Comments on Simon Property Group's Approximately 24% Tender Offer Status.
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- October 6, 2003
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Taubman Centers, Inc. today responded to Simon Property Group's announcement of the status of its unsolicited hostile cash tender offer made in conjunction with a subsidiary of Westfield America Trust (Australia: WFA) for Taubman Centers:
According to Simon's announcement on October 3, 2003, approximately 19.6 million (only 24%) of the approximately 81 million shares of Taubman Centers voting stock were tendered into the offer.
As we have previously stated, this amount is clearly insufficient to meet Simon's own minimum Tender Offer condition or to purchase the company since at least two-thirds of Taubman Centers' 81 million issued and outstanding ...