Live Ventures Inc LIVE has presented a non-binding proposal to acquire LL Flooring Holdings, Inc LL in an all-cash offer for $5.85 per share, totaling $194.4 million.
The offer price represents a 100% premium to LL Flooring's closing share price on October 11, 2023.
LL Flooring is a specialty retailer of hard-surface flooring with more than 440 stores nationwide.
Isaac Capital Group, an investment firm that Live Ventures' President and CEO Jon Isaac controls and manages, currently owns over 4% of LL Flooring's shares.
In August, LL Flooring said it is exploring strategic alternatives to maximize shareholder value.
It is to be noted that LL had, in June, rejected a proposal to acquire all of its outstanding shares for $5.76 per share in cash.
As of June 30, 2023, Live Ventures had a total cash availability of $32.3 million, consisting of cash on hand of $3.5 million and cash availability under its various lines of credit of $28.8 million.
Price Action: LL shares are trading higher by 45.2% at $4.26 on the last check Thursday.
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