Kansas City Southern to Accept CP Rail Offer, Rebuffing CN
- CP’s $27 billion bid, while a lower price, called ‘superior’
- Canadian National says it continues to evaluate ‘all options’
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Kansas City Southern said it’s backing out of a merger agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. and plans to accept a competing offer from Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd., the latest step in the fight over which railroad would become the first to operate in Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
Canadian Pacific’s proposal was declared superior even though at about $27 billion it’s lower than Canadian National’s $30 billion offer, which began to unravel last month amid questions over whether it would win regulatory approval. Canadian National has about five business days to negotiate terms that could change the U.S. railroad’s decision, Kansas City Southern said in a statement Sunday.