PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE: AWP) (the “Fund”) announced today the final results of its cash tender offer for up to 21,489,143 (representing approximately 20%) of its issued and outstanding common shares (the “Offer”). The Offer expired on June 15, 2012, at 5:00 P.M. New York City time. Based on information provided by American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, the depository for the tender offer, approximately 26,629,764 shares of common stock or approximately 24.8% of the Fund’s outstanding common shares were properly tendered, and the Fund has accepted 21,489,143 shares for cash payment at a price equal to $6.47 per share, which represents 95% of the Fund’s net asset value per share (“NAV”) as of the close of regular trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on June 18, 2012. Since the total number of shares tendered exceeds the number of shares the Fund offered to purchase, all tenders of shares are subject to proration in accordance with terms of the tender offer. Following the purchase of the properly tendered shares, the Fund will have approximately 85,956,570 outstanding shares.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on the current expectations and beliefs of the Fund’s management and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained in this document include references to completion of the tender offer and the payment for shares related thereto. These statements, including their underlying assumptions, are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Results may differ due to various factors such as the possibility that shareholders may not tender their shares in the tender offer, or other conditions to completion of the tender offer are not satisfied. For further details of these risks, you should read our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to the tender offer, including our Schedule TO and the documents referred to therein. Except as required by law, the Fund is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
About Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund
Alpine Global Premier Properties Fund is a diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks total return, consisting of capital appreciation and income. The Fund’s investment adviser is Alpine Woods Capital Investors, LLC with its principal executive offices located at 2500 Westchester Avenue, Suite 215, Purchase, New York 10577. The Fund is a closed-end fund and does not continuously offer or redeem shares.