Cleared for Takeover: Inside the £5.5 Billion easyJet Buyout
How a US investment firm navigated rejected bids and complex EU laws to take Europe's budget carrier private.
About this episode
In this deep dive episode, we unpack the dramatic proposed acquisition of British budget airline easyJet by Minneapolis-based private credit and aviation specialist Castlelake. After weeks of tense negotiations and four previously rejected offers, the two companies have reached an agreement in principle at £6.90 per share, valuing the airline at roughly £5.5 billion ($7.34 billion). We explore why Castlelake relentlessly pursued the carrier, looking beyond recent geopolitical turbulence and soaring fuel prices to target easyJet's highly lucrative holiday division and its highly insulated slot monopolies at major supply-constrained airports like London Gatwick, Amsterdam Schiphol, and Geneva.
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