UK Commercial Property REIT merger with Picton dropped on Phoenix Life dissent

Largest shareholder

Elliot Gulliver-Needham
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The merger between £760m UK Commercial Property REIT (UKCM) and £371m Picton Property Income has been dropped following a lack of support from UKCM's largest shareholder, Phoenix Life.

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