Day: November 15, 2021

MALVERN, Pa., Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CubeSmart (NYSE: CUBE) (the “Company”), today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding partnership units of LAACO, Ltd. (“LAACO”), the owner of the Storage West platform for approximately $1.69 billion, which includes approximately $40.9 million of LAACO debt that will be repaid at, or shortly after, the closing. Storage West is the owner and operator of 59 self-storage assets in the highly desired western markets of Southern California (22), Phoenix (17), Las Vegas (13), and Houston (7). Two of these properties are owned by two separate joint ventures, each owned fifty percent by LAACO. “The Storage West portfolio represents a very strategic transaction that will enhance our portfolio and further diversify our geographic exposure,” commented...

CORAL GABLES, Fla., Nov. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Amerant Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: AMTB and AMTBB) (the “Company” or “Amerant”) announced today that its shareholders approved a clean-up merger pursuant to which a subsidiary of the Company will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”). The Merger will simplify Amerant’s capital structure by automatically converting shares of the Company’s Class B common stock into the Company’s shares of Class A common stock. Under the terms of the Merger, each outstanding share of Class B common stock will be automatically converted to 0.95 of a share of Class A common stock without any action on the part of the holders of Class B common stock; however, to the extent any shareholder, together with its affiliates, would own more than 8.9% of the outstanding shares of Class A common stock following...