(Reuters) – Air Canada (TO:) has lowered its price to invest in Canadian tour operator Transat A.T. Inc (TO:) with the deal now worth about C$188.7 million ($143.86 million), down from $720 million beforehand, reflecting the article-COVID-19 reduction in airline values, the corporations said in a statement on Saturday.
Air Canada experienced secured Transat shareholders’ acceptance for the deal last 12 months with a sweetened C$18.00 a share bid, to bolster its leisure business enterprise.
Beneath revised conditions of the offer, Air Canada stated it will acquire all shares of Transat for C$5 per share, symbolizing a premium of about 30.5% to Transat’s last close on Friday.
“Air Canada intends to finish its acquisition of Transat, at a lessened cost and on modified terms,” Calin Rovinescu, chief executive officer of Air Canada stated in a assertion.
The offer remains matter to shareholder acceptance, court docket approval and other regulatory approvals in Canada and the European Union, Air Canada explained.
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