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Old 12-06-2016 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by firstmob
What's going on with the offer to purchase Avianca?
New York Times said we offered $1 billion all cash for roughly half the company.
Didn't say whether we would have control. We are bidding against United and Copa.
It sounds kinda messy. There are hedge funds and bondholders and old family owners who all want different things.
United is offering loans to some of the family and to the company.
Copa wants to do it as a merger.
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