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P&W buyout -- rest of the story

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Posted by carnej1 on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:17 PM

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Now wonder who A<B<C<D  are ? ?

 

Given P&W's strategic access to the ports of Providence and Quonset, RI, the latter including an important automotive import/export facilty, I imagine both CSX and Norfolk Southern were interested. CSX does quite a bit of interchange with P&W and NS operates Ethanol trains to Providence jointly with the carrier.

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Posted by SALfan on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 6:15 PM

P&W's Board of Directors had a fiduciary duty to P&W's stockholders to maximize the return to those stockholders.  Sounds like they did a great job.

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Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 5:27 PM

Now wonder who A<B<C<D  are ? ?

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Posted by samfp1943 on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:04 PM

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Interesting reporting on how the buy out actually took place. Started early in the year.

http://www.telegram.com/news/20160911/turns-out-pampw-created-bidding-war-for-its-sale

 

 

         Fascinating tale of what happened BEFORE the final hammer fell.   

      It just goes to illustrate the HOW of what on the surface appeared to be a story of a larger fish,Dinner making a meal out of a smaller fishChef

   ...  Seems in this case the smaller fish got its licks in before the battle was over.  Whistling

 

 


 

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P&W buyout -- rest of the story
Posted by blue streak 1 on Tuesday, September 20, 2016 12:07 PM

Interesting reporting on how the buy out actually took place. Started early in the year.

http://www.telegram.com/news/20160911/turns-out-pampw-created-bidding-war-for-its-sale

 

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