KKR buyout at Axel Springer clears minimum acceptance threshold
Reuters
Published Aug 05, 2019 02:23AM ET
Updated Aug 05, 2019 07:34AM ET
KKR buyout at Axel Springer clears minimum acceptance threshold
BERLIN (Reuters) - KKR's (N:KKR) offer to buy out minority shareholders in Axel Springer (DE:SPRGn) has cleared its minimum acceptance threshold of 20%, both firms said on Monday, bringing a plan to take the German publisher private closer to completion.
"This is an important milestone for our planned strategic partnership with KKR," Axel Springer's Chief Executive Officer Mathias Doepfner said in a statement. Completion of the deal remains subject to various regulatory approvals.
The U.S. private equity house, acting in concert with main shareholders Friede Springer and Doepfner, tendered to buy out minorities for 63 euros a share on a transaction putting an equity value on Springer 6.8 billion euros ($7.6 billion).
Their partnership would run for at least five years, and seek to invest in long-term growth without facing the scrutiny that comes with a public stock market listing.
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