WestJet Airlines Ltd. faʻasalalau i le aso ua ofi atu i se maliega maliega e aiaia ai mo le mauaina i se uma-tino fefaʻatauaiga. I lalo o aiaiga o le maliliega, o le Onex Corporation ma ana fesoʻotaʻiga faʻasoa tupe o le a mauaina uma totoe sea o WestJet mo le $ 31.00 i le sea, ma maeʻa ai WestJet o le a faʻagaioia o se pisinisi tumaʻoti. O le tau o le faʻatau e fai ma sui o le 67% totogi muamua i le Aso Faraile tapunia o tau ma le 63% totogi muamua i le WestJet's 20-aso volume-weighted average trading price. O le tau fefaʻatauaiga e tusa ma le $ 5 piliona e aofia ai aitalafu manatu.

"Talu mai le matou vaʻalele muamua i le 1996, WestJet o loʻo faʻatauaina lava le tuʻuina atu o filifiliga sili atu mo tagata femalagaaʻi a Kanata ma o lenei fefaʻatauaʻiga o loʻo taofia ai pea lea tuʻufaʻatasiga," o le tala lea a Clive Beddoe, WestJet's Founder ma le Taitaifono. "Ou te fiafia faapitoa lava o WestJet o le a tumau pea ofisa i Calgary ma o le a faaauau pea ona fausia i luga o le manuia na faia e le 14,000 WestJetters na fausia. Onex 'aerospace poto masani, talaʻaga o lelei tagata faigaluega sootaga ma umi-taimi faamasani avea ai o se paʻaga lelei mo WestJetters, ma ua ou fiafia e uiga i lo tatou lumanaʻi. "

“WestJet o se tasi o faʻailoga sili ona malosi a Kanata ma e iai lo matou faʻaaloalo tele mo le pisinisi na fausia e Clive Beddoe ma WestJetters uma i le tele o tausaga. WestJet e lauiloa faavaomalo mo lona le mafaatusalia malo asiasi mai ma tagata faigaluega aganuu. Matou te fiafia lava e galulue faʻatasi ma WestJetters ma faʻaauau pea lenei talaʻaga iloga o le manuia a Kanata, "o le tala lea a Tawfiq Popatia, o le Pule Sili i Onex.

Ed Sims, WestJet's President and Chief Executive Officer, fai mai, "Matou te fiafia e faʻaauau le faigamalaga o le fausiaina o se kamupani vaʻalele faʻavae luga o se tuputupu ae fesoʻotaʻiga, maua ai tauvaga pasese ma sili atu filifiliga i, mai ma totonu o Kanata, mo nuʻu tetele ma laiti. O le tuʻufaʻatasia o lenei faiā o se tuʻufaʻatasia lea o a tatou tagata faigaluega, ma la tatou tuʻufaʻatasia o le agavaʻa e anaina.

O le teuga tupe o le a taʻitaʻia e Onex Paʻaga, Onex 'tumaoti tulaga tutusa faʻatatau i sili lapoʻa faʻafaigaluegaina avanoa.

Fautuaina o le WestJet Komiti Faatino o Faatonu

I le maeʻa ai o le auala a Onex ia Mati 2019, na faia ai e le komiti faatonu o le WestJet se komiti faʻapitoa o faatonu tutoatasi e tuʻuina atu i le Komiti Faʻafoe ana fautuaga ma fautuaga e tusa ai o le talosaga mai le Onex ma le feutanaiga, ma vaʻai le feutanaiga o aiaiga ma tuutuuga o le feuiaiga faapisinisi. I le maeʻa ai o se iloiloga tele o le fuafuaga fuafuaina, na tuʻuina mai ai e le komiti faʻapitoa le latou manatu autasi o le feutanaiga i le komiti faatonu a WestJet. O le komiti faafoe a WestJet, ina ua mauaina ma iloiloina le fautuaga a le komiti faapitoa, fuafuaina o le feuiaiga e sili ona lelei mo WestJet ma lotogatasi fautuaina ia WestJet tagata e umia sea palota lagolagoina le feuiaiga faapisinisi i le fonotaga faapitoa a tagata e umia sea e faia ia faʻamaonia le feuiaiga faapisinisi.

Tasi o CIBC Capital Markets ma BofA Merrill Lynch na latou tuʻuina atu i le komiti faatonu a WestJet se manatu e faʻapea, e oʻo ia Me 12, 2019, o le iloiloga e maua e tagata o loʻo umia WestJet sea i le fefaʻatauaiga sa talafeagai, mai se tupe manatu, i ia tagata o loʻo taofia, i mataupu taʻitasi e faʻatatau i tapulaʻa taʻitasi, agavaʻa, manatu ma isi mataupu ua faʻamatalaina i ia manatu.

O faʻatonusili taʻitasi ma ofisa faʻapitoa o le WestJet, ua maeʻa ona latou faia se maliega mo le palota e tusa ai ma feagaiga taʻitasi.

OA MEA E AVEA MAI LENEI TUSI:

Tasi o CIBC Capital Markets ma BofA Merrill Lynch na latou tuʻuina atu i le komiti faatonu a WestJet se manatu e faʻapea, e oʻo ia Me 12, 2019, o le iloiloga e maua e tagata o loʻo umia WestJet sea i le fefaʻatauaiga sa talafeagai, mai se tupe manatu, i ia tagata o loʻo taofia, i mataupu taʻitasi e faʻatatau i tapulaʻa taʻitasi, agavaʻa, manatu ma isi mataupu ua faʻamatalaina i ia manatu.
The WestJet board of directors, having received and considered the recommendation of the special committee, determined that the transaction is in the best interests of WestJet and unanimously recommends that WestJet shareholders vote in favour of the transaction at the special meeting of shareholders to be held to approve the transaction.
Following an approach by Onex in March 2019, the WestJet board of directors formed a special committee of independent directors to provide the Board with its advice and recommendations with respect to the proposal from Onex and the transaction, and to supervise the negotiation of the terms and conditions of the transaction.