Fairfax Offers to Take Agritech Firm Farmers Edge Private at 99% Below IPO Price

11/17/2023 21:27
Fairfax Offers to Take Agritech Firm Farmers Edge Private at 99% Below IPO Price

Canadian financial group Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. offered to buy out minority shareholders of agriculture technology firm Farmers Edge Inc. at a price that would crystallize near-total losses for any longer-term holders of the stock.

Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. offered to buy out minority shareholders of agriculture technology firm Farmers Edge Inc. at a price that would crystallize near-total losses for any longer-term holders of the stock. 

Photographer: Cole Burston/Bloomberg

Canadian financial group Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. offered to buy out minority shareholders of agriculture technology firm Farmers Edge Inc. at a price that would crystallize near-total losses for any longer-term holders of the stock.

Fairfax’s takeover bid of 25 Canadian cents a share is almost 99% below the C$17 a share at which Farmers Edge offered stock in a March 2021 initial public offering.

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