LONDON: Morgan Stanley’s infrastructure arm offered to buy VTG AG in a deal that values the German wagon-hire and rail-logistics company at 1.53 billion euros (US$1.79bil), sending the shares up the most in seven years.
The infrastructure firm, which already owns 29% of VTG, is offering 53 euros a share in cash for the rest, Morgan Stanley said in a statement, confirming a Bloomberg News report from earlier in the day.
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