Fairfax Media Acquires Revised $2.04 Billion Offer from TPG



Fairfax Media Ltd, which is one of the biggest media companies in Australia, announced it has obtained a revised A$2.76 billion ($2.04 billion) cash offer led by American investment firm TPG Capital Management for all of the company.

The offer from TPG and the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board (OTPP) values the Australian newspaper publisher at A$1.29 per share, and compares with an initial proposal to purchase the firm's top mastheads, like The Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian Financial Review, as well as its property listings unit Domain for A$0.95 per share.

Investors would be left with scrip exposure to the Fairfax radio division, regional and New Zealand titles, a stake in an online television streaming startup and its debt. The TPG consortium valued such assets at A$0.25 to A$0.30 per share. The offer represents a 12 percent premium to the publisher's A$1.07 closing price.

If accepted, the offer will end Fairfax's plan to unlock shareholder value by offshooting it's profitable property listings unit, Domain.

A TPG spokesperson has declined to comment on the topic.

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