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Airline says it has accepted offer from Apollo Global Management after rival bidder Castlelake walks awayEasyJet has formally agreed to a £5.7bn takeover from US private equity firm Apollo Global Management.The airline announced it had accepted a firm offer on Thursday after a ri

The no-frills carrier agrees to be bought by US firm Apollo after a rival suitor drops out.

A companhia aérea de baixo custo easyJet revelou uma queda de 70% nos lucros devido aos custos de combustível em alta e reservas tardias de passageiros como resultado do conflito no Irã, apenas semanas depois de concordar com uma aquisição de £5,7 bilhões. A transportadora reportou um lucro pré-impostos de £85 milhões entre abril e junho comparado com £286 milhões no mesmo período do ano anterior.

An Easyjet flight had to land at Stanstead Airport instead, but then became stuck there when it couldn't find fuel.

Once again a mispriced share price created opening for US raiders to rush inUS private equity firm Apollo enters easyJet bidding warWill any remaining bidders for easyJet please make their way to the boarding gate? In reality, we’ve probably seen the whole cast at this point because the arrival of US private equity firm Apollo, trumping Castlelake’s offer, is a surprise. But the outbreak of a competitive auction will come as a relief to easyJet’s board.For all the fake drama of Castlel

The airline says a bid from US firm Apollo has trumped a previous potential takeover offer from Castlelake.

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsThe sudden appearance of Apollo on the scene follows multiple rounds of talks between easyJet and Castlelake. EasyJet had told investors earlier this week that it had reached an agreement in principle with the firm at £6.90 per share. Apollo has said today regarding its chunkier offer:EasyJet management’s operational and commercial ambitions can be substantially accelerated via the access to incremental capital and longer-term b

Airline’s board minded to recommend deal – after accepting rival one from Castlelake earlier this weekBusiness live – latest updatesThe board of easyJet has given the green light to a possible £5.7bn offer from the US private equity firm Apollo, as the low-cost airline becomes the subject of a surprise bidding war.The company’s board said on Friday that it was “minded to recommend” the potential all-cash offer, which values the business at £7.15 a share, to shareholders. Continue readi

The company’s target to hit £1bn profitability is intact. Why isn’t the board putting up a proper fight?Some foreign takeover swoops on UK listed companies are easier to swallow than others. Sometimes it is hard to mount an argument that shareholders should stick to the virtuous path of independence and say no to an offer of hard cash at a fat premium. The current £10bn bid for Intertek, the FTSE 100 product testing and quality inspection firm that had been going sideways for a while,

A easyJet afirma ter fechado um valor de aquisição com uma gestora americana, mas as ações continuam negociadas abaixo do preço combinado. A distância entre o anúncio e a reação do mercado sugere cautela em torno do negócio.

Dois movimentos de peso sacudiram o mercado britânico: o grupo por trás da Sky avançou sobre a ITV em um negócio de £1,6 bilhão, enquanto a easyJet viu suas ações saltarem após aceitar, em princípio, uma proposta de £5,5 bilhões.

A companhia aérea de baixo custo recusou nova oferta bilionária de compra, levantando dúvidas sobre a viabilidade da proposta enquanto foca em sua própria expansão no setor de transportes.