Icahn to buy Pep Boys for $1 bln after Bridgestone bows out

Industry:    2015-12-31

Dec 30 Billionaire investor Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises LP has agreed to buy Pep Boys-Manny Moe & Jack for about $1 billion, hours after Bridgestone Corp quit the race for the U.S. auto parts retailer. Japanese tire maker Bridgestone said on Tuesday it would not raise its latest cash bid of $17 per share to counter Icahn’s raised offer of $18.50 per share in cash. Pep Boys shares fell about 3 percent in morning trading on Wednesday, while Icahn Enterprises shares declined about 1 percent. Pep Boys’ retail auto parts business will be a perfect fit for Auto Plus, an auto spare parts company that Icahn Enterprises bought in June, Carl Icahn said in a joint statement. Icahn Enterprises will also pay $39.5 million termination fee to Bridgestone. The deal is expected to close in the first quarter of 2016. Pep Boys shares were trading at $18.37 and Icahn Enterprises shares were trading at $60.82. Up to Tuesday’s close, Pep Boys shares had risen about 93 percent this year, while Icahn Enterprises shares had fallen about 33.5 percent. (Reporting by Ankit Ajmera in Bengaluru; Editing by Kirti Pandey)

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