Austria's AMS says looking forward to discussions with Osram

Reuters

Published Aug 13, 2019 06:48AM ET

Austria's AMS says looking forward to discussions with Osram

VIENNA (Reuters) - Sensor specialist AMS (S:AMS) (VI:AMS) on Tuesday said it took note of Osram's willingness to discuss a takeover and was looking forward to discussions.

The Austrian company said on Sunday it was ready to make a cash offer valuing German lighting company Osram (DE:OSRn) at 4.3 billion euros ($4.8 billion), 10% more than Bain Capital and Carlyle (O:CG) have offered.

"We have taken note of Osram's ad-hoc announcement," a spokeswoman said, adding that AMS was looking forward to the opportunity to hold discussion.