The shares of Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte (OMA) rose this Monday after it announced that its Board of Directors authorized a public offer for the acquisition of securities by Aerodrome Infrastructure, affiliated with its indirect shareholder Fintech Holdings.
The papers of the Mexican airport operator that manages 13 airports in Mexico, including the northern industrial city Monterrey and the tourist port Acapulco on the Pacific coast, closed up 3.26% to 128.12 pesos.
The transaction, in Mexico and the United States, includes the purchase of 97.5 million series B shares of the company at a price of 137 pesos each, OMA detailed in a statement.
Currently, the company has 344 million shares of its series B outstanding.
Late last year, the airport operator reported that Fintech Holdings and its affiliates were considering launching a takeover bid to raise their stake to up to 40% of the company's outstanding shares.
According to OMA, Fintech currently owns 14.7% of the firm's total outstanding capital stock.
