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Millicom Stock Gains As Xavier Niel Reportedly Boosts Bid To $4.4B; Quarterly Earnings Miss Estimates
Millicom International Cellular S.A. (NASDAQ:TIGO) shares are trading higher on Friday.
Billionaire Xavier Niel reportedly increased his bid for Millicom International to approximately $4.4 billion after the Latin American phone carrier rejected an earlier offer as insufficient.
Niel’s Atlas Luxco Sarl has now proposed $25.75 per share in cash, up from the previous $24 per share, reported BNN Bloomberg.
Millicom’s independent board committee had previously rejected this bid, with Atlas initially arguing that there were no new reasons justifying a higher price.
Meanwhile, the company reported quarterly earnings per share of 46 cents