Budget airline EasyJet has rejected a takeover approach and is to raise £1.2bn in a rights issue to take advantage of post-pandemic opportunities.
The carrier said on Thursday that it had received an approach came from an unnamed bidder. It said that the approach was “a low premium and highly conditional all-share transaction” which undervalued the company and that the bidder was no longer considering an offer.
EasyJet, which has lost more than £2bn during the pandemic including suffering its first annual loss in its 25-year history in 2020, still only expects to fly about 60 per cent of its 2019 schedule between July and September.
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