Qantas accepts sweetened $8.7 bln takeover bid
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Australia's Qantas Airways  agreed on Thursday to a sweetened $8.7 billion buyout offer from a group led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group in the world's biggest airline takeover.
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Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group  are leading a plan to buy out Qantas Airways Ltd. , Australia's top airline said on Wednesday, sending its shares up 21 percent.
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QANTAS Airways shares firmed yesterday following British Airway&#39;s sale of its 18.25 per cent stake in the carrier. BA&#39;s 336 million shares in Qantas were sold to Australian and international institutions at
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Australia's government says it will not block a proposed takeover of the country's flagship airline Qantas.
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Qantas shares are 1.5 percent higher Thursday after the Australian flag carrier confirmed the Aust. $1.1 billion ($770 million) exit of British Airways from its share register.
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LONDON British Airways said Wednesday that it would sell its stake in Qantas Airways and use the proceeds to strengthen its balance sheet for acquisitions in Europe.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--Australian grocery and liquor wholesaler Metcash Trading Ltd. (MTT.AU) Monday launched aA$846 million takeover bid for the Australian assets of Perth-based Foodland Associated Ltd.
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British Airways Plc, Europe&#39;s second- largest airline, raised about A$1.1 billion ($770 million) from the sale of shares in Qantas Airways Ltd.
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Australia's Qantas Airways  said on Thursday it has accepted an A$11.1 billion ($8.7 billion) revised buyout offer led by Macquarie Bank Ltd.  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group at A$5.60 a share.
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The multi-billion dollar takeover of Australian airline Qantas underlines an increasing trend by cash-rich investment funds to snap up established companies.
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Project management firm John Laing says it has accepted a Â£887m bid from a private equity firm.
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Australiaâs largest airline agreed to an $8.7 billion buyout offer from a consortium led by Macquarie Bank and the Texas Pacific Group.
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SYDNEY : South African-based Metcash Trading Ltd announced it intended to make an 846 million dollars (660 million US) off-market takeover offer for the Australian operations of Foodland Associated Ltd.
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MELBOURNE/SYDNEY  - Investment bank Macquarie Bank  and private equity firm Texas Pacific Group have proposed buying out Australian airline Qantas Airways  in a deal that could be worth more than A$10 billion ($7.7 billion), pushing Qantas shares up as much as 21 percent.
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An 11.1 billion dollar (8.7 billion US) takeover bid by a private equity consortium for Qantas Airways will be subject to vigorous scrutiny to ensure the airline remains under Australian control, Treasurer Peter Costello said.
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Australian airline Qantas receives a takeover approach from Macquarie bank and Texas International.
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Biomet Inc.  on Thursday accepted a sweetened takeover bid of $11.4 billion from a group of private equity firms after an influential shareholder advisory firm urged the orthopedic device maker's shareholders to reject the previous $10.9 billion offer.