CN Counters CPKC with a 'Superior Proposal' (UPDATED)
April 20, 2021 CN Counters CPKC with a ‘Superior Proposal’ (UPDATED) Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief Perhaps not so surprisingly, almost exactly one month to the day after Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern announced their intent to merge into CPKC (Canadian Pacific Kansas City), CN made a counter-offer it said is a “superior proposal” that “will result in a safer, faster, cleaner and stronger railway.” CN’s proposal of $325 per KCS share “represents a 21% premium over the implied value of the CP transact...