Boeing bid for Spirit AeroSystems values it at US$35 per share

Boeing has offered to acquire Spirit AeroSystems Holdings in a deal funded mostly by stock that values the key supplier at about US$35 per share, according to people familiar with the matter.

Boeing switched its proposed funding from an all-cash offer with the finish line in sight after months of talks between the companies, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the confidential matter.

A US$35 per share valuation would represent a premium of about 6 per cent to Spirit’s stock as at June 24’s close. It is also a 22 per cent upside to its closing price on Feb 29, the day before Boeing’s takeover talks became public.

A Boeing representative declined to comment on the decision to move to an all-stock deal, which was earlier reported by The Wall Street Journal.