NEW YORK - Ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻo Hertz i kāna makana no ka hui kaʻa hoʻolimalima ʻo Dollar Thrifty ma kahi o $ 1.43 biliona mai $ 1.2 biliona i ka hoʻāʻo ʻana e pale aku i kahi hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū a Avis, e like me ka hōʻike ʻana o ka media.
Ua ʻae ka papa ʻo Dollar Thrifty i kā Hertz Global Holdings Inc. hou $50-per-share hāʻawi - mai ka $ 41 i hāʻawi ʻia ma ʻApelila - a hoʻololi i ka ʻaelike hui ʻana o nā hui, ua hōʻike ʻia ka Wall Street Journal ma kāna pūnaewele i ke ahiahi Sabati.
He mau lā wale nō ka neʻe ʻana ma mua o ka manaʻo ʻana o ka poʻe kuleana o ka hui ʻo Tulsa, Okla., e koho balota i ka manaʻo kumu mua a Hertz a ʻoiai ua kūʻē kekahi mau mea kuleana ʻo Dollar Thrifty i ka hōʻole ʻana o ka papa i kahi kūʻai kūʻai kālā a me nā kumukūʻai mai ka Avis Budget Group Inc. .
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc. ʻaʻole i komo ka manaʻo Avis i nā hana palekana a i ʻole e hoʻoponopono pono i nā hopohopo antitrust. Ua hāʻawi aku ʻo Parsippany, ʻo Avis i hoʻokumu ʻia ma NJ i kahi kuʻikahi i ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 47 no kēlā me kēia pāhele, akā me ka ʻole o ka $45 miliona uku hoʻokaʻawale a Park Ridge, ʻo NJ-based Hertz i ʻae e uku inā ʻaʻole ia e hoʻopau i kāna loaʻa.
Ua manaʻo ʻo Dollar Thrifty e ʻoi aku ka nui o ka pilikia o Avis no ka loaʻa ʻole ʻana o ka antitrust clearance no ka ʻaelike no ka mea ʻo kāna mahele Budget Rent A Car a me Dollar Thrifty he mau māhele mākeke like o nā hoʻolimalima kaʻa mokulele e pili ana i ka poʻe huakaʻi leʻaleʻa, ʻoiai ʻo Hertz's Advantage Rent A Car he ʻāpana wale nō. ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o kēlā mākeke.
ʻO kēlā me kēia hui e loaʻa iā Dollar Thrifty e hoʻokūkū ʻo ia i kahi mākeke kaʻa kaʻa i hoʻohui ʻia i piha i nā mea kūʻai aku me ka manaʻo e hoʻolimalima i nā huila no ka liʻiliʻi loa e like me ka paʻa ʻole o nā kūlana waiwai.
Ma lalo o nā ʻōlelo o ka ʻaelike hou, ke hoʻonui nei ʻo Hertz i ka ʻāpana kālā o kāna hāʻawi ʻia e $ 10.80 i kēlā me kēia pāhele, wahi a ka Journal. ʻO nā ʻōlelo ʻē aʻe o ka ʻaelike hoʻohui, me kahi $ 44.6 miliona reverse breakup fee, ʻaʻole i loli. Ua hoʻopaneʻe ʻia ke koho balota ʻo Dollar Thrifty a hiki i Sept. 30 mai Sept. 16 e hāʻawi i nā mea kuleana manawa e nānā i ka hāʻawi hou, wahi a ka pepa.
ʻAʻole i hoʻihoʻi koke ʻia nā memo i waiho ʻia me Hertz a me Dollar Thrifty i ka hopena o ka Lāpule.
