National General Shares Rally After $4 Billion Deal With Allstate
July 08 2020 - 8:12AM
Dow Jones News
By Robb M. Stewart
National General Holdings Corp. shares surged premarket
Wednesday after the specialty personal lines insurance company
landed a cash takeover bid from Allstate Corp for about $4
billion.
Before the market opened, National General shares were about 71%
higher, at $34.97. Allstate shares were down about 2.3% premarket,
at $90.50.
On Tuesday, insurance giant Allstate said it had agreed to
acquire National General, expanding its reach in the personal
property liability business.
Shareholders of National General would receive a total of $34.50
a share, an offer that comprises $32.00 a share from Allstate and
expected closing dividends of $2.50 a share. The total offer
represented a 69% premium to the stock's last-traded price.
Allstate would fund the deal with $2.2 billion in cash resources
and by issuing $1.5 billion in new senior debt.
National General's board has approved the transaction and the
deal is expected to close in early 2021 subject to regulatory
approvals, the companies said.
Write to Robb M. Stewart at robb.stewart@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 08, 2020 07:57 ET (11:57 GMT)
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