MONTREAL— TransForce has offered to buy Contrans for about $495 million in cash. TransForce bid $14.60 in cash per share for Woodstock-based trucking company, Contrans. "I have admired the progress of Contrans for some ...
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Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc.said its income dropped in the fourth quarter,which it said was mostly due to bad weather. Net income was C$12.3 million,or 13 cents a share in the quarter,down from C$36.1 million,or 37 cents a ...
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Canadian transportation firm TransForce Inc. said its income dropped in the fourth quarter, which was mostly attributed due to bad weather, and Contrans Group reported its earnings increased in 2014. Net income was C$12.3 million, or 13 ...
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Clarke Inc. said it has closed the sale of its truckload and less-than-truckload businesses to TransForce Inc. for C$100.5 million. The holding company expects a gain of $63 million to $68 million from the sale, it said in a Jan. 6 ...
After winning a bidding war with Manitoulin Transport, TransForce is buying the Canadian assets of Vitran Corp, TransForce announced Monday. Alain Bédard, chairman, president and CEO of TransForce said: "We are delighted to have ...
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Vitran Corp. has terminated its agreement with Manitoulin Transport and will instead be acquired by TransForce. TransForce offered $6.50 per share on Dec. 20, which Vitran said constituted a “superior offer” to the deal it ...
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Russ MacNeil Less-than-truckload carrier Vitran Corp. said it has agreed to be acquired by TransForce Inc., which outbid Manitoulin Transport Inc. for Vitran's Canadian assets. Vitran's which sold its U.S. LTL business in October, had ...
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Manitoulin Transport stood to acquire the Canadian operations of Vitran Corp. until earlier this week. What changed? TransForce offered to pay $6.50 per share, beating out Manitoulin's offer of US $6.00, effectively starting a bidding ...
TransForce Inc. said its acquisition of two units of Clarke Inc. will be completed by Jan. 1. All conditions for the acquisition to be finalized have been met, Montreal-based TransForce said Dec. 20. Terms were not disclosed for the deal, ...
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TransForce announced today it has met all the conditions required to close its deal to acquire Clarke Transport and Clarke Road Transport. The deal should conclude Jan. 1, 2014, the company announced. Clarke Transport is an LTL intermodal ...
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This week, TransForce announced two new deals, back-to-back: an agreement with Waste Management of Canada Corporation and the approved acquisition of Clarke Transport Inc. The agreement with Waste Management allows TransForce to use about ...
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Last week, Manitoulin Transport bought the Canadian assets of Vitran Corporation and that's just what the Canadian trucking market needs, according to a CIBC World Markets report. "There remain too many players, which has resulted in poor ...
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Manitoulin Transport is buying Vitran Corporation, making Manitoulin the second-largest carrier in Canada. TransForce remains biggest. On Today's Trucking's 2013 Top 100 listings, Vitran was number three, Manitoulin number 12. Combined, ...
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In the wake of Manitoulin's announced agreement to acquire Vitran at a cost of US$6 per share, TransForce will now have to decide whether to sell its shares for a tidy $4 million profit, stay put, or up its offer. Manitoulin's offer of $6 ...
Clarke Inc. has agreed to sell its freight transportation business to TransForce for $88 million. Included are its truckload, LTL and freight logistics business. The deal is expected to wrap up before the end of 2013, Clarke announced ...
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