ACQUISITION
Transpaco to buy FPM’s packaging business
Paper and plastic packaging group Transpaco says it will buy Future Packaging and Machinery (FPM) for up to R105m. "FPM is an attractive target business prospect for Transpaco to expand its business," Transpaco announced on Monday. Its share price rose 1% to R22 in light trade on Monday. FPM supplies industrial and general packaging products and sells them through three major distribution centres, in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, and two smaller depots in Bloemfontein and Nelspruit. "FPM has achieved consistent growth in sales and profitability since inception. "Transpaco seeks access to the large customer base that FPM currently services and its extensive product range to add to Transpaco’s existing offering," the group said. The maximum estimated purchase price would be R105m, depending on the target company’s audited financial statements for the year to end-February 2018, Transpaco said. It would pay a premium of R37.2m to the book value of the net assets being acquired and...
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