Advent International has agreed to buy American aerospace company Maxar Technologies.
What is known
The agreement involves the purchase of all conventionalMaxar shares at a price of $53 per share. This is 129% higher than the value that was recorded on December 15 at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Last Thursday, Maxar securities collapsed by more than 20% and fell to $23.1.
The acquisition of an aerospace company would bethe biggest deal in recent months. Advent, taking into account the debt, will pay $6.4 billion. At the same time, Maxar is valued at approximately $4 billion. After the purchase, the new owner intends to accelerate the launch of a new constellation of satellites.
Maxar Technologies is a company from Colorado,which provides satellite imagery services to various clients, including government organizations. Since February 24, she has repeatedly published satellite images of destroyed Russian military equipment or objects that were hit.