Morgans Hotel Group Receives Unsolicited Takeover Bid


Skift Take

Is any hotel merger or acquisition ever simple, or swift? In this case, most definitely not. Given the board members’ often contentious history with each other and the company’s direction, it’s anyone’s guess as to whether this new offer from “Bidder V” will prove to be superior than the offer from Sam Nazarian’s SBE.

Morgans Hotel Group’s deal with SBE may, in fact, be in jeopardy. Instead of having its shareholders approve the $82-million, or $2.25 per share, bid from SBE today as previously scheduled, Morgans Hotel Group’s board is currently mulling over an unsolicited, last-minute bid from a company known only as “Bidder V” in