Such an offer would represent a 31% premium to RSA’s pre-announcement share price
RSA is holding out for a takeover offer of at least 600 pence a share from potential bidder Zurich, according to the Sunday Telegraph.
Such an offer would value the FTSE 100 insurer at £6bn.
Last week, Zurich announced that it is considering a bid for RSA. Earlier, the Financial Times had speculated an offer might be made at 550 pence a share, a 20% premium to RSA’s share price before takeover speculation pushed the price higher. A 600 pence offer would represent a premium of 31%.
Even that would be below recent deals for other property/casualty insurers, such as Meiji Yasuda’s $5bn bid for US firm StanCorp last week, which have commanded premiums north of 40%, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
At 3:45 pm today, RSA shares were up 2% from Friday’s close at 523 pence.
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