Segro, the UK-listed industrial and logistics REIT, has turned down a second takeover approach from US-based Prologis, the world's largest logistics real estate company. The bid was structured as a cash and share offer valuing Segro at approximately £13.5 billion, or £9.93 per share, equivalent to roughly $18.2 billion. The fact that Prologis returned with a sweetened proposal confirms this is at least the second formal approach Segro has rebuffed.
A rejected bid at a significant premium sets a price anchor investors and analysts will now use to evaluate Segro's standalone valuation. If Prologis returns with a higher offer or a third party enters, Segro shares could reprice sharply upward. For holders of European logistics REITs more broadly, this signals that US capital views European industrial property as undervalued relative to replacement cost, which tends to lift sector comparables.
Any Prologis public statement or regulatory filing confirming a third offer or withdrawal. Segro's next trading update or results announcement, which will set the financial baseline any future bid must beat.
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