Kerrville, Texas-based Quest Oil Corp. at the request of its shareholders and in response to numerous inquiries to the company after its acquisition of B&B Oil, has released a corporate overview on recent company developments. “Since the acquisition of B&B Oil by Quest, my team has been actively preparing inventories, replacing stock items, hiring work [...]
Casey’s General Stores Inc. has officially confirmed that it has entered discussions with 7-Eleven Inc., regarding a potential acquisition. On Sept. 2, 2010, Casey’s received an unsolicited preliminary proposal from 7-Eleven regarding a consensual transaction at $40 per share in cash. As disclosed in Casey’s Schedule 14D-9 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has sent a letter to the Board of Directors of Casey’s General Stores Inc. in response to the chain’s announcement that it has authorized discussions with 7-Eleven involving a possible acquisition after repeatedly rebuffing Couche-Tard’s offers for the company. In the letter, the company expressed its dismay with Casey’s refusal to discuss [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. today responded to the announcement by Casey’s General Stores Inc. that it had authorized discussions with a third party regarding a preliminary non-binding proposal to acquire Casey’s: “We are pleased that Casey’s is now in ‘revlon’ mode given that the Casey’s Board of Directors has finally made the decision to put the [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has increased its tender offer for Casey’s General Stores to $38.50 per share in cash, as Casey’s responds by advising its shareholders not to take any action as it reviews the revised bid. The revised offer of $38.50 is $0.50 per share higher than the price at which a majority of outstanding [...]
With a month till the annual Casey’s shareholders’ meeting on Sept. 23, a war of words is underway, with Casey’s and Couch-Tard vying for shareholder votes and fighting to prove they have the most to offer shareholders. In response to Couche-Tard’s most recent letter of appeal to shareholders, asking them elect its slate of eight [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. is soliciting votes from shareholders of Casey’s General Stores ahead of their 2010 annual meeting set for Sept. 23. Couche-Tard has mailed a letter to shareholders along with its definitive proxy materials, as it hopes to sway shareholders to elect its slate of eight independent candidates to the Casey’s board of directors. [...]
Sunoco Inc. reported its 2010 second quarter results today, including a net income attributable to Sunoco shareholders of $145 million ($1.20 per share diluted) compared to a net loss attributable to Sunoco shareholders of $55 million ($.47 per share diluted) for the second quarter of 2009. “While market conditions during the second quarter remained challenging, [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has responded to Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s rejection of its increased tender offer from $36 to $36.75 per share in cash, which was announced on July 22, 2010. “We are disappointed that the Casey’s Board of Directors has rejected our increased $36.75 cash offer and has initiated a recapitalization for only 25% [...]
Ankeny, Iowa-based Casey’s General Stores Inc.’s board of directors has unanimously approved a $500 million recapitalization plan for the company and has reaffirmed its strategy to continue to execute upon its growth plan. The recapitalization plan is expected to be executed through a modified “Dutch auction” self tender offer for up to $500 million of [...]
As it continues in its bid to acquire Casey’s General Stores, Alimentation Couche-Tard plans to pay each of its independent nominees to the Casey’s board more than $20,000, according to a preliminary proxy it filed with U.S. regulators, New Brunswick Business Journal reported. The nine candidates are set to receive a one-time payment and [...]
Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has increased its offer for Casey’s General Stores Inc. to $36.75 per share in an effort to persuade shareholders to back its takeover. The revised transaction has a total enterprise value of approximately $1.9 billion on a fully diluted basis, including net debt of Casey’s of approximately $28 million. Couche-Tard’s original offer was $36, [...]
Recent financial reports from Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. might make it harder for Casey’s General Stores Inc. to convince shareholders to look the other way on Couche-Tard’s bid to buy Casey’s for $36 per U.S. share. Couche-Tard, owner of Mac’s corner store in Canada and Circle K in the U.S., surpassed financial expectations for its [...]
Casey’s General Stores still has more time to consider Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s tender offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Casey’s General Stores Inc. for $36.00 per share in cash. The offer, which previously had been scheduled to expire at midnight EST on July 9, has been extended by Couche-Tard, [...]
A recent drop in the S&P 500 might help Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard’s hostile US$1.9-billion ($36 per share) bid for Casey’s General Stores look like a more attractive option, an industry analyst told the Winnipeg Free Press. Martin Landry of Desjardins Securities told the paper that the 14% premium offered by Couche-Tard has increased in appeal [...]