Transat Sinks Toward Deal Price as Prospects Dim for Higher Bid
Michael Bellusci, Bloomberg News
Air Transat aircraft sit on the tarmac at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Wednesday, April 8, 2020. The airport is now averaging 200 flights per day, down from 1,200 before the Covid-19 pandemic, CTV News reported.
, Bloomberg
(Bloomberg) -- For weeks, shares of Transat AT Inc. have been trading above Air Canadaâs takeover bid of C$5 per share. Theyâve been sinking closer to that price as the deal edges closer to the finish line.
Transat shareholders will vote Tuesday morning on the bid from its larger Montreal-based competitor. The meeting is one of the final stages of a long, strange flight that began in April 2019, when the vacation tour operator disclosed it was in preliminary talks on a potential sale.