
Blackstone Inc. (NYSE:BX) is acquiring Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (NYSE:APTS) for $5.8 billion in an all-cash transaction.
What Happened: The acquisition values Preferred Apartment at $25 per share. The purchase price represents a premium of approximately 39% over the unaffected closing stock price on Feb. 9, the date before a media report that uncovered the companies were exploring a deal.