Brookfield Office Properties Extends Tender Offer For MPG Office Trust

(RTTNews) - Brookfield Office Properties Inc. (BPO, BPO.TO) announced that DTLA Fund Holding Co. and Brookfield DTLA Fund Properties Holding Inc., both direct wholly owned subsidiaries of the DTLA Fund, are extending their previously announced cash tender offer to purchase all outstanding shares of preferred stock of MPG Office Trust Inc. (MPG) until 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of Friday, August 30, 2013.

BPO previously announced its intention to acquire MPG pursuant to a merger agreement, dated as of April 24, 2013, by and among Brookfield DTLA Holdings LLC, a newly formed fund controlled by BPO (the DTLA Fund), Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Investor Inc., Brookfield DTLA Fund Office Trust Inc., Brookfield DTLA Fund Properties LLC, MPG and MPG Office, L.P.

Upon the closing of the tender offer, preferred stockholders of MPG will receive $25.00 in cash for each share of MPG preferred stock validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the offer, without interest and less any required withholding taxes. Shares of MPG preferred stock that are tendered and accepted for payment in the tender offer will not receive any accrued and unpaid dividends on those shares.

The tender offer had been previously set to expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of Friday, August 23, 2013.

Based on information received from Depositary, as of August 22, 2013, about 83,224 shares of MPG preferred stock had been tendered and not withdrawn from the offer.