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Daetwyler to Buy Raspberry Pi Computer Supplier Premier Farnell

  • Premier Farnell investors to get 165 pence a share in cash
  • Offer worth $871 million represents a premium of about 51%
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Daetwyler Holding AG agreed to buy the U.K. supplier of the Raspberry Pi mini-computer Premier Farnell Plc for 615 million pounds ($871 million) in a deal aimed at consolidating the fragmented European electronic-components distribution market.

Investors will get 165 pence in cash for each Premier Farnell share, about a 51 percent premium to Monday’s closing price, the company said in a statement Tuesday. They will also receive the proposed final dividend of 3.6 pence a share. Stock in the U.K. supplier of the credit-card sized computers that sell for as little as $5 surged as much as 50 percent, while Swiss industrial-parts provider Daetwyler fell as much as 6 percent.