Hedge Fund Sculptor Says Och Blocked Higher Bid Than What Rithm Is Paying

  • Rithm agreed in July to buy Sculptor Capital Management
  • Sculptor co-founder Dan Och is opposing the Rithm deal
Sculptor Received Higher Bids Than Accepted Offer
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Sculptor Capital Management received multiple takeover bids that were higher than the $639 million offer it ultimately accepted from Rithm Capital Corp. last month, the latest twist in a deal that’s divided Wall Street.

Some of those offers valued Sculptor at more than $700 million, according to a proxy statement Sculptor filed Monday. The disclosure comes after reports that hedge fund giants Boaz Weinstein, Marc Lasry and Bill Ackman bid more than $12 a share, topping Rithm’s $11.15 per-share offer.