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RBC recommends shareholders reject TRC Capital Investment's below-market "mini tender" offer for common shares
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[{"type":"text","content":"RBC recommends shareholders reject TRC Capital Investment's below-market \"mini tender\" offer for common shares\n\n\nRBC recommends shareholders reject TRC Capital Investment's below-market \"mini tender\" offer for common shares\n\n/* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n\n\n\n\nCanada NewsWire\n\n\nTORONTO, Jan. 22, 2026 /CNW/ - Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) (TSX: RY) (NYSE: RY) has received notice of an unsolicited mini-tender offer by TRC Capital Investment Corporation (TRC Capital Investment) to purchase up to 500,000 RBC common shares, approximately 0.036% of the common shares outstanding as at January 13, 2026, at a below-market price of CAD $224.00 per share in cash.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTRC Capital Investment's unsolicited offer price of CAD $224.00 per share is approximately 4.5% lower than the CAD $234.56 closing share price of RBC common shares on January 13, 2026, the business day prior to the date of the offer.\nRBC does not endorse TRC Capital Investment's unsolicited mini-tender offer, is not affiliated or associated in any way with TRC Capital Investment and recommends shareholders reject the offer.\nTRC Capital Investment has made several similar unsolicited mini-tender offers for shares of several other public companies. Mini-tender offers are designed to result in a holding of less than 5% of a company's outstanding shares, thereby avoiding disclosure and procedural requirements applicable to most bids under Canadian and U.S. securities regulations. Both the Canadian Securities Administrators (CSA) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recommend that investors exercise caution with mini-tender offers and have expressed serious concerns about them, including the possibility that investors might tender to such offers without understanding the offer price relative to the actual market price of their securities.\nThe SEC has issued \"Tips for Investors\" regarding mini-tender offers, noting that some bidders, in making the offers at below-market prices, are \"hoping that they will catch investors off guard if the investors do not compare the offer pric...