Two months after former Best Buy Co. Chairman Richard Schulze exited the board amid scandal, he offered to buy the struggling electronics giant for as much as $8.84 billion, a deal that would make it the largest buyout ever of a U.S. retailer. But the offer of $24 to $26 a share was met with considerable skepticism Monday among analysts and investors, who nudged the stock price up $2.35, or 13.3%, to $19.99 but nowhere close to the proposed takeover offer price. Standard & Poor's cut Best Buy's credit rating to junk since such a buyout would add debt to its books. Schulze said he would take the company private by putting in $1 billion of his own money and securing debt financing as well...
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