Thursday, 05 July 2007

UPDATE 1-Quebecor sweetens Osprey bid to C$414.4 mln

(Reuters) - TORONTO, July 5 - Media and commercial printing company Quebecor Inc. has sweetened its bid for Canadian newspaper publisher Osprey Media Income Fund to C$414.4 million in cash, nosing out a competing bid by Black Press Ltd.



Quebecor said on Thursday it has raised its offer to C$8.45 per Osprey unit from C$7.25. Black Press, which is 19.4 percent owned by Quebecor rival Torstar Corp. , is offering C$8.25 a unit.


Read more at Reuters.com Mergers News

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