(BFW) FedEx Offers to Buy TNT Express for EU8 Per Share in Cash


FedEx Offers to Buy TNT Express for EU8 Per Share in Cash
2015-04-07 05:06:04.566 GMT


By Jurjen van de Pol
(Bloomberg) -- Offers values TNT Express at EU4.4b; shares
closed at EU6 on April 2.
* Says offer represents premium of 33% over April 2 closing
price, 42% over avg weighted price over last 3 months
* Deal supported by TNT Express’ executive, supervisory boards
* PostNL to tender its 14.7% TNT Express shareholding
* TNT Express’ airline operations to be divested
* Sees deal closing in 1H 2016
* Cos. “confident that anti-trust concerns, if any, can be
addressed adequately in a timely fashion”


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