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Article: Mergers & acquisitions.(Brief Article)
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- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- June 28, 2004
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AMCON Distributing Co., Omaha, NE, completed its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Trinity Springs, Ltd., Sun Valley/Ketchum, ID (see FOOD INSTITUTE REPORT, May 3, page 7).
Drugstore chain Duane Reade Inc. lowered its selling price to $16.50 per share from $17 after Oak Hill Capital Partners said it would not buy the company unless it dropped its price (see FOOD INSTITUTE REPORT, Jan. 5, page 7).
Toledo, OH-based Owens-Illinois Inc. (O-I) acquired BSN Glasspack, S.A., the second largest glass container manufacturer in Europe, from Glasspack Participations, for $1.4 billion. The deal increases O-I's European presence by adding 18 glass ...