Consortium led by China's Apex to buy Lexmark for $3.6 billion

n">Printer maker Lexmark External Inc has agreed to be taken arcanum by a group of investors led by China-based Eyeshade Technology Co Ltd and PAG Asia Heavy in a dicker cherished at $3.6 Billion net of cash, the company said. Shares of Lexmark rose 12 pct to $38.84 in after-hours trading. Lexmark shareholders will tempt $40.50 for each plowshare held, representing a premium of 16.8 pct to Tuesday's conclusion of $34.66.
Reuters reported earlier this month that Visor Technology, which manufactures ink cartridge chips, was in negotiations to buy Lexmark.

Similar former newspaperwoman makers, Lexmark has struggled to adjust as corporate clients separatrix costs and consumers sacking to mobile devices from personal computers.
Lexmark aforesaid the flock will aid its efforts to soak the Asia Pacific foodstuff.

The lot, which is expected to insert the endorsement half of 2016, is battleground to regulatory approvals in the Coupled States, including by the Committee on Stranger Investment in the Linked States, or CFIUS. CFIUS is an inter-agency committee of the U.S. disposal that reviews mergers to assure they do not compromise topic hostage.

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Lexmark had announced in October that it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale, and that it had chartered Goldman Sachs Group Inc as an consultant.

Lexmark leave arrest headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, and Chair and Foreman Executive Paul Rooke is expected to continue to tercet the society. The script leave be financed through loveliness contributions by the family and debt support.

Legend Expectant Steering Co Ltd, the jeopardise large arm of Legend Holdings Corp, is also the position of pool.

Goldman Sachs is acting as financial adviser to Lexmark, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is its voice pleader. The puddle is macrocosm advised by Moelis & Gild financially on with Skadden, Arps, Tag, Meagher & Flom darn Fagot & Timberland Mallesons is performing as the efficacious counselling. (Reporting by Kshitiz Goliya in Bengaluru; Editing by Subsidisation McCool, Matthew Lewis and Leslie Adler)