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Target Stockholders to Receive $18.00 Per Share in Cash
DALLAS, December 16, 2024--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc. ("NYSE:TCI") is commencing today a cash tender offer to purchase up to 100,000 outstanding shares of common stock of Income Opportunity Realty Investors, Inc. ("NYSE American:IOR"). Upon the successful closing of the tender offer, stockholders of IOR will receive $18.00 in cash for each share of IOR common stock validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the offer, without interest and less any applicable withholding taxes.
The tender offer is being made pursuant to an Offer to Purchase, to be dated December 16, 2024 and in connection with TCI’s intention to increase its current over 80% ownership investment of IOR common stock.
The Board of Directors of IOR, each of which is also a director of TCI, has made no recommendation to IOR stockholders as to whether to tender shares in the offer. The decision of whether to tender is wholly voluntary on the part of IOR Stockholders and is being made by TCI to give the IOR Stockholders the opportunity to obtain the same price as those who have recently sold Shares to IOR under its repurchase program.
The tender offer is scheduled to expire at 5:00 pm, Local New York City time, on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, unless the tender offer is extended in accordance with the applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"). If the tender offer is extended, TCI will inform the Depositary for the offer and will make a public announcement of the extension not later than 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled expiration date.
The consummation of the tender offer is conditioned on the tender of at least 49,353 shares of IOR common stock and other customary conditions that are specified in the offer documents. Following completion of the tender offer TCI expects that IOR common stock will continue to still be listed on the NYSE American Exchange and that there will be no change in the management or operations of IOR.
The information agent for the tender offer is D. F. KING & Co. Inc. The Depositary for the tender offer is EQUINITI TRUST COMPANY LLC. There is no dealer manager for the tender offer and no soliciting dealer fees will be paid in the tender offer.
About Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc.
Transcontinental Realty Investors, Inc., a Nevada corporation is a Dallas based real estate investment company holding a diverse portfolio of equity real estate located across the U.S., including office buildings, multifamily and developed and undeveloped land. The company invests in real estate through direct ownership, leases and partnerships and invests in mortgage loans on real estate. The company also holds mortgage receivables. For more information, visit the website at www.transconrealty-invest.com.