MACY'S INVESTORS MOUNT $5.8 BILLION BUYOUT BID

An investor group consisting of Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital has made a $5.8 billion offer to take department store chain Macy's (M.N) private. Arkhouse Management, a real-estate focused investing firm, and Brigade Capital Management, a global asset manager, submitted a proposal to acquire the Macy's stock they don't already own for $21 a share on Dec. 1. The offer for the Bloomingdale's parent is a 20.76% premium from its closing at $17.39 on Friday. Macy's shares were trading at $20.13, or up nearly 16% on Monday. Fellow department store operators Kohl's (KSS.N) and Nordstrom (JWN.N) also rose about 6%. The investor group already has a big stake in Macy's through Arkhouse-managed funds and has discussed the proposal with the department store chain, whose board subsequently met to discuss the offer. It is not clear how the retailer views the proposal.

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