Jones Lang LaSalle to acquire HFF in deal with equity value of about $2 billion
Real estate and investment management firm Jones Lang LaSalle Inc. said Tuesday it has agreed to acquire HFF Inc. in a cash-and-stock deal with an equity value of about $2 billion. JLL will pay $24.63 in cash and 0.1505 JLL shares for each HFF share owned, equal to a total consideration of $49.16 per HFF share, or a 22% premium over the volume weighted average price of HFF over 60 trading days. On close, JLL shareholders will own about 87% of the combined company. HFF is a commercial real-estate capital markets intermediary, closing more than $800 billion in more than 27,000 transactions since 1998. “Increasing the scale of our Capital Markets business is one of the key priorities in our Beyond strategic vision to drive long-term sustainable and profitable growth,” JLL Chief Executive Christian Ulbrich said in a statement. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Shares of both companies were halted premarket for the news.
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