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Ball Announces Proposed Acquisition of Rexam PLC

Cash and stock transaction valued at $8.4 billion, including the assumption of net debt

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Ball Corporation and Rexam PLC announced the terms of a recommended offer by Ball to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Rexam in a cash and stock transaction. Under the terms of the offer, for each Rexam share, Rexam shareholders will receive 407p in cash and 0.04568 new Ball shares.   The transaction values Rexam at 610p per share based on Ball’s 90-day volume weighted average price as of Feb. 17, 2015, and an exchange rate of US$1.54: £1 on that date representing an equity value of £4....

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