BUZZ-American Healthcare REIT drops after $389 mln stock offering

Reuters11-21
BUZZ-<a href="https://laohu8.com/S/AHR">American Healthcare REIT</a> drops after $389 mln stock offering

** American Healthcare REIT's AHR.N shares down 2.8% premarket at $47.84 after overnight follow-on priced

** Senior housing communities and skilled nursing facilities owner late Thurs announced 8.1 mln shares for ~$388.8 mln expected gross proceeds

** Offering priced at $48, 2.5% below stock's last close of $49.23

** Irvine, California-based AHR entered into 18-month forward sale agreement with underwriter RBC

** Upon settlement of agreement, it expects to use net offering proceeds for general corp purposes, including potential future investments

** As of Nov 14, AHR had ~178.2 mln shares outstanding, per the offering prospectus

** A forward sale structure allows the REIT to lock in current stock price and delays new share issuance and garnering proceeds until they are needed, consequently avoiding immediate dilution

** AHR shares on Thurs edged down 0.5%, trimming YTD gain to 73%. Stock hit a record intraday high of $50.80 during the session

** 11 of 12 analysts rate AHR "strong buy" or "buy", 1 rates "hold"; median PT of $55 up from $47 a month ago, per LSEG

(Lance Tupper is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)

((lance.tupper@tr.com 1-646-279-6380))

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