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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

American Greetings receives $532 million offer from CEO, (NYSE: AM)

American Greetings Corp said it received a go-private offer from a group led by its chief executive, valuing the company at about $532 million. The offer of $17.18 per share represents a premium of nearly 20 percent to the stock's Tuesday close of $14.34.

American Greetings Corporation (American Greetings) is engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of everyday and seasonal greeting cards and other social expression products. Shares of AM traded higher by 18.13% or $2.6/share to $16.94. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $12.47 and as high as $19.82. On average, 360798 shares of AM exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 226932.



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