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Frontier's stock closed at $35.25 on Monday, more than $3 below the proposed deal price. Verizon announced the deal almost a year after activist investment firm Jana Partners said it had built a ...
Verizon, based in New York City, will pay $38.50 for each Frontier share. The deal is expected to close in about 18 months. It still needs approval from Frontier shareholders.
Concerns around Verizon's deal for Frontier. The Frontier purchase will be an all-cash transaction valued at $20 billion. According to media reports, Verizon looks to take on debt to finance the deal.
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Verizon has approximately 7.4 million Fios connections in nine states and Washington, D.C. Frontier has 7.2 million fiber locations and has plans to build out an additional 2.8 million fiber locations by the end of 2026. “The acquisition of Frontier is a strategic fit," Verizon Chairman and CEO Hans Vestberg said in a prepared statement.
In particular, Verizon will acquire Frontier for $38.50 per share in cash, a 43.7% premium over Frontier’s 90-day volume-weighted average share price (VWAP) as of September 3, 2024.
Verizon has advertised for and hired a large number of replacement workers in response. Verizon also forced their full time employees to perform the striking members duties, training them for the various jobs at the National Conference Center in Virginia. Employees were assigned specific roles at random.
Frontier had a total debt of $11.25 billion as of June 30, which will be refinanced by Verizon as part of the deal. Shares of Frontier were trading below the offer price at $35.10 after surging ...