Sell: Precision Castparts (PCP)
Updated from Investment Digest 771, July 22, 2015
The boards of directors of Berkshire Hathaway and Precision Castparts (PCP) have unanimously approved a definitive agreement for Berkshire Hathaway to acquire, for $235 per share in cash, all outstanding PCP shares.
This is the same price we paid for the stock nine months ago, so no net gain for us, but we will continue to own it indirectly through Berkshire. The transaction is valued at approximately $37.2 billion, including outstanding PCP net debt. The deal is expected to close during the first quarter of 2016. With the stock trading close to the buyout price, we are selling PCP to have funds available for other opportunities.
Ingrid R. Hendershot, Hendershot Investments, www.hendershotinvestments.com, 703-361-6130, September 2015