HALISTER: Fox, Sky Agree to GBP10.75/Share Offer

Fox, Sky Agree to GBP10.75/Share Offer

(Bloomberg) -- 21st Century Fox, independent committee of Sky announce that they have reached agreement on the terms of a recommended pre-conditional cash offer for GBP10.75/share.
  • Fox currently anticipates that the acquisition will complete before the end of 2017
  • Sky will not pay any dividends in 2017
  • Cash consideration implies a value of approximately GBP11.7b
  • NOTE: Fox executives were earlier said to have not ruled out a higher price than GBP10.75/share should the bid not get the required support
  • NOTE: Fox holds 39.14% of Sky shares, according to Bloomberg data
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