Midwest Sells to TPG Capital for $450M

AP Online | August 17, 2007 | Copyright

MILWAUKEE - After months of back-and-forth battling over AirTran's effort to acquire Midwest Air Group Inc., Midwest has spurned AirTran one last time by formally deciding to sell to private investment firm TPG Capital for $450 million.

Midwest said late Thursday that TPG will pay $17 per share, beating out AirTran Holdings Inc.'s offer that had been raised several times.

The latest upgrade came earlier in the week, after the board of Milwaukee-based Midwest decided to go with a $16-per-share all-cash deal from TPG Capital, which includes Northwest Airlines Corp. as a passive partner. The ...

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