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Daniel Ragonese
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A.P. Eagers Lobs a Takeover Bid for Automotive Holdings Albeit at a Slim Premium

A.P. Eagers, Australia’s second-largest Australian automotive dealership announced a conditional takeover offer for narrow-moat-rated market leader Automotive Holdings. The deal is structured as an all-scrip offer of one A.P. Eagers share for every 3.8 Automotive Holdings shares owned. This implies a value of AUD 1.92 per Automotive Holdings share (based on A.P Eager closing stock price on April 4, 2019) an 8% premium on the AUD 1.78 per share closing price on the day prior to the announcement o...
Underlying
Automotive Holdings Group Limited

Automotive Holdings Group is an automotive retailing group in Australasia. Co. has two logistics divisions: Automotive, which operates passenger vehicle and truck and bus dealerships in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia, and passenger vehicle dealerships in Auckland, New Zealand and Refrigerated Logistics, which provides cold storage and transport operations in every Australian mainland state through Rand, Harris, Scott's Refrigerated Freightways and JAT Refrigerated Road Services. As of June 30, 2016, Co.'s automotive segment had 188 motor vehicle franchises at 108 dealership locations operating within Australia and New Zealand.

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