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Imperial Sugar and Dreyfus Commodities Announce $203 Million Merger Agreement
Paul, Weiss client Imperial Sugar Company (Imperial Sugar), one of the largest processors and marketers of refined sugar in the United States, and Louis Dreyfus Commodities LLC (Louis Dreyfus) today announced a definitive merger agreement.
Under the agreement a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus will acquire Imperial Sugar through a cash tender offer and second step merger at $6.35 per share. The $6.35 per share represents a 57% premium to Imperial Sugar's closing stock price on April 30, 2012, the last trading day prior to today's announcement, and a 50% premium to Imperial Sugar's trailing 30-day volume weighted average stock price. The all-cash transaction represents a value of approximately $203 million, including the assumption of debt and pension liabilities.
The Paul, Weiss team advising Imperial Sugar includes corporate partner Steven J. Williams and counsel Richard S. Elliott; litigation partners Daniel J. Kramer and Audra J. Soloway; employee benefits partner Robert C. Fleder; tax partner David W. Mayo; and environmental counsel William O'Brien.