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Woensdag 22-2-12 Krijgen we nog vuurwerk of is het gedaan???

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  1. [verwijderd] 22 februari 2012 12:36
    Nou kom op dan!!!!!!!!!!

    Feb. 21 (Bloomberg) -- FedEx Corp. may try to jump into the bidding for TNT Express NV after the board of Europe’s second- largest package-delivery company rejected a $6.43 billion offer from United Parcel Service Inc., investors and analysts said.

    “FedEx is the most obvious” potential TNT suitor besides UPS, said Katrina Dudley, a portfolio manager at Mutual Series, a Franklin Templeton Investments unit whose funds own TNT stock. “It is a once-in-a lifetime chance for one of the players to create what I see as a strong global parcel franchise.”

    TNT turned down UPS’s initial offer of 9 euros a share while saying Feb. 17 that talks continue. That leaves an opening for FedEx, operator of the world’s biggest cargo airline, to swoop in to keep Hoofddorp, Netherlands-based TNT out of UPS’s hands, said Kevin Sterling, an analyst at BB&T Capital Markets.

    The prize would be expansion in Europe, where Deutsche Post AG’s DHL leads in express deliveries, Sterling said in an interview. A bid by UPS, the largest package-delivery company, or Memphis, Tennessee-based FedEx has been the subject of speculation for years.

    “FedEx would benefit more from buying TNT because they’re not as big in Europe,” said Sterling, who is based in Richmond, Virginia. “But UPS has made it very clear they want to continue to grow in Europe, that they like the opportunity in Europe, and they’ve been expanding their Cologne hub.”

    TNT Surges

    UPS’s unsuccessful offer was disclosed by TNT on Feb. 17, after Dutch trading ended. Investors signaled yesterday that they expect bidding to go higher, sending TNT surging 60 percent to 10.18 euros, 13 percent more than the offer price. The stock fell 2.9 percent today to 9.89 euros in Amsterdam.

    “We fully expect another bid for TNT to come this week,” Jason Seidl, a New York-based analyst with Dahlman Rose & Co., wrote in a note to clients. He has a “hold” recommendation on UPS and a “buy” on FedEx.

    UPS, based in Atlanta, fell 0.5 percent to $76.40 at the close in New York, and FedEx slid 2.1 percent to $91.01.

    “I don’t think this deal is over,” said David Campbell, an analyst at Thompson Davis & Co. in Richmond, Virginia. “I have a hunch TNT would come up with something to sustain the price and the talks” with UPS.

    A person familiar with the TNT-UPS negotiations said the Dutch company is focused on UPS because FedEx has shown little interest so far in a bid. While UPS has confirmed being in talks, FedEx isn’t discussing TNT.

    “As a matter of policy, we do not comment regarding corporate development matters,” Jess Bunn, a spokesman, said yesterday in an e-mail, reiterating FedEx’s response when TNT disclosed the overture from UPS.

    2011 Spinoff

    TNT was spun off in May from the Dutch postal operator, which is now named PostNL and retains 29.9 percent of the company, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

    The company’s profit margin has been cut by more than half 2006, when, as the package-delivery unit of its former parent, earnings before interest and taxes was 9.6 percent of revenue. In 2010, adjusted Ebit represented 4.5 percent of revenue.

    FedEx “could come in and offer 11 or 12 euros to make UPS sweat a little,” said Sterling, who like Campbell recommends buying UPS and FedEx stock. “Both of them would like to get it, and it’s a matter of who walks away first. UPS threw its cards on the table first and now we know that the floor is 9 euros.”

    Acquisition History

    Overseas purchases have helped FedEx’s global expansion. The company bought the Flying Tigers freight airline in 1989 to gain routes to 21 Asian countries, and spent $400 million in 2007 to take over a joint venture with China’s Tianjin Datian W. Group Co.

    In late 2010, FedEx agreed to buy AFL Pvt. Ltd. and affiliate Unifreight India Pvt. Ltd., followed by MultiPack, a domestic express-delivery company in Mexico.

    Dudley, the Mutual Series portfolio manager, said FedEx would be under pressure to come up with a counter to UPS’s offer for TNT or risk missing out on a purchase that would give it a competitive advantage overseas against the bigger U.S. company.

    “If I were the CEO of another global parcel operator, I would be having people sharpen their pencils and look at the value of adding this asset to my franchise,” Dudley, who is based in Short Hills, New Jersey, said in an interview. “And also I would be considering the potential loss of positioning if I didn’t have the asset in my franchise.”

    --With assistance from Mary Jane Credeur in Atlanta , James Langford in New York, Maaike Noordhuis in Amsterdam and Alex Webb in Frankfurt. Editors: Ed Dufner, John Simpson

    To contact the reporter on this story: Natalie Doss in New York at ndoss@bloomberg.net

    To contact the editors responsible for this story: Ed Dufner at edufner@bloomberg.net; Chad Thomas at cthomas16@bloomberg.net
  2. [verwijderd] 23 februari 2012 09:47
    Er komt of een hoger bod of het bod van UPS wordt verhoogd.....als ik onderstaand bericht lees gaat Jana daar ook van uit....

    'Jana trekt kandidaat-commissarissen TNT terug'

    AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Investeringsmaatschappij Jana Partners heeft zijn nominaties voor de raad van commissarissen van TNT Express teruggetrokken. Dat meldde een welingelichte ingewijde donderdag aan ANP-Reuters.

    De beslissing hangt volgens de ingewijde samen met het bod van UPS op TNT Express. Daardoor heeft het voor Jana op dit moment weinig zin om te proberen eigen commissarissen te benoemen bij TNT. "Het bedrijf moet zich nu richten op deze deal of een deal met iemand anders", aldus de bron.

    Jana nomineerde eerder deze maand twee kandidaten voor de raad van commissarissen van TNT. De investeerder, die samen met het Canadese Aimco 5 procent van de aandelen TNT heeft, deed de voorstellen uit onvrede met de koers van het bedrijf.

    Bron: ANP
    Publicatiedatum: 23 feb 2012 08:42:52
    Copyright (c) 2012 - Algemeen Nederlands Persbureau ANP
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