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Issuer:     Elme Communities (ELME)
CIK:        0000104894
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-08-04T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-25-172118
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 1.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Elme Communities to sell 19 properties to Cortland for $1.605B; plans liquidation
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- Purchase price of $1.605 billion in cash for 19 multifamily assets; expected close Q4 2025.
- Upfront shareholder distribution estimated at $14.68–$15.00 per share; additional $2.90–$3.50 per share from remaining asset sales.
- Shareholder vote required for both the portfolio sale and the Plan of Sale and Liquidation.
- Termination fee: Elme pays $37.5M ($27.5M if superior proposal before Aug 31); buyer pays $100M.
- Cortland's financing not a condition; Elme obtained $520M–$565M commitment from Goldman Sachs for post-sale assets.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000119312525172118/0001193125-25-172118-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/104894/000119312525172118/d38155d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-25-172118

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