Another Proxy Firm Gives Thumbs Up to Sabra-CCP Deal

A second proxy advisory firm has come out in favor of the impending merger of Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) and Care Capital Properties, Inc. (NYSE: CCP), bringing the current count to two in favor and one against. Egan-Jones Ratings Company issued a report late Tuesday recommending that Sabra shareholders vote for the […]

Sabra CEO Rebukes Activists, Sees Skilled Nursing Upsides

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) came out swinging against activist shareholders on the company’s quarterly earnings call Thursday afternoon, trumpeting the potential of skilled nursing facilities in the future and questioning the credentials of those who have criticized its impending merger with Care Capital Properties (NYSE: CCP). A nearly “pure play” SNF real estate […]

Hudson Bay Doubles Down Against $7.4 Billion Sabra-CCP Merger

An activist shareholder is once again coming out strong against the proposed $7.4 billion merger of Care Capital Properties, Inc. (NYSE: CCP) and Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBRA) — now describing the August 15 vote on the matter as essentially “a shareholder referendum on whether Sabra should continue with the prior strategy of steadily diversifying its […]

Can Activist Shareholders Scuttle Sabra-CCP Deal?

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.’s (NASDAQ: SBRA) impending merger with Care Capital Properties (NYSE: CCP) has been met with resistance from two shareholders, and while the aggrieved parties control only a small percentage of the Irvine, Calif.-based real estate investment trust (REIT), one commentator says they can still make closing the deal difficult. Shareholders Eminence and Hudson […]