Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, Agricore United Still On CreditWatch On Revised Offer For Agricore
Standard & Poors, May 2007
Abstract
TORONTO (Standard & Poor's) May 9, 2007--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today said it maintained the CreditWatch listings on Saskatchewan Wheat Pool (SWP; B+/Watch Pos/--) and Agricore United (AU; BB/Watch Dev/--), following SWP's revised C$1.8 billion offer for AU. (The ratings on both companies were placed on CreditWatch Nov. 8, 2006.) The new proposal, under which SWP will enhance and extend its common share offer for all of AU's shares outstanding, has been deemed a "superior proposal" by AU's board relative to James Richardson International Ltd.'s (JRI) April 19, 2007, proposal. As such, JRI's proposal has been terminated. The new offer will also entail a purchase agreement with JRI under which JRI will purchase certain AU grain facilities and agri-products...
Companies mentioned in this report are: Viterra Inc.,Agricore United
Action: CreditWatch Update
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Research type: News
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Viterra Inc.,Agricore United
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