Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund and Italy's largest property manager Pirelli Real Estate have teamed up in a joint venture to bid almost EUR 54 mln for two Milan-listed real estate funds. Pirelli and the Morgan Stanley fund are to offer EUR 590 a share for 568,999 shares in Tecla Fondo Uffici and EUR 540 a share for 570,000 shares of Berenice Fondo Uffici, Pirelli said in a press release. The offer represents a premium of 11.6% and 14.1% respectively, for the average trading price of shares in the funds over the past 12 months.

Morgan Stanley Real Estate Special Situations Fund and Italy's largest property manager Pirelli Real Estate have teamed up in a joint venture to bid almost EUR 54 mln for two Milan-listed real estate funds. Pirelli and the Morgan Stanley fund are to offer EUR 590 a share for 568,999 shares in Tecla Fondo Uffici and EUR 540 a share for 570,000 shares of Berenice Fondo Uffici, Pirelli said in a press release. The offer represents a premium of 11.6% and 14.1% respectively, for the average trading price of shares in the funds over the past 12 months.

Morgan Stanley is advising on the deal and Capitalia and Banca Caboto will act as joint book runners for the bid, which will start during the first half of June and will be concluded by mid-July, the company said in the statement. Pirelli Real Estate owns 49 percent of the venture through which the companies are making the offers. Morgan Stanley holds the rest. The buyers must gain a 51% stake in each of the funds for their bids to be successful.

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