Private equity company Apollo Global Management (APO.N) is in advanced talks to buy Europe’s biggest plastics packaging maker RPC Group (RPC.L) for more than $3.8 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
RPC on Friday extended the deadline to Jan, 23 for Apollo to make a firm offer or walk away.
Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal said that a deal could be announced as soon as Tuesday.
Private equity has long been attracted to the sector’s reliable cash flow and growing demand from online shopping, with a spate of takeovers by bigger packaging players further spurring their interest.
RPC, which operates in 34 countries, on Monday had a market capitalization of 3.26 billion pounds ($4.2 billion).
The company said in September that it was in talks on a possible sale to Apollo and U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital, with the deadlines to make a firm offer extended repeatedly since then.
The FTSE mid-cap company ended talks with Bain in December.
RPC declined to comment when contacted by Reuters and Apollo could not be reached for comment outside normal business hours.
Source: https://www.pehub.com/2019/01/apollo-nears-3-8-billion-plus-deal-for-packaging-group-rpc-wsj/
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