American Campus Communities Announces Proxy Advisory Firm Glass Lewis Joins ISS in Recommending Stockholders Vote "FOR" Proposed Acquisition by Blackstone Funds

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Jul 25, 2022

American Campus Communities, Inc. (NYSE:ACC, Financial), the largest owner, manager and developer of high-quality student housing properties in the U.S., today announced that Glass, Lewis & Co., another leading independent proxy advisory firm, has joined Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. (“ISS”), in recommending that stockholders vote “FOR” the previously announced all-cash acquisition of the company by Blackstone Core+ perpetual capital vehicles, primarily comprised of Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. (“BREIT”), alongside Blackstone Property Partners L.P. (“BPP”), at the company’s upcoming Special Meeting of Stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) scheduled for August 4, 2022 at 10:00 a.m., Central Time.