- Among a sizable number of moves announced today is the sale of 48% of National Beef at a $2.3B enterprise value. The exit brings Leucadia's (NYSE:LUK-OLD) stake down to 31% and allows the company to deconsolidate the business. Leucadia expects to get about $1.05B in cash from the sale, and book a pretax gain of $800M-$850M.
- Also inked is a sale of 100% of Leucadia's interest in auto dealer group Garcadia at a $675M enterprise value, or a net $425M to the company; pre-tax gain is seen at $220M.
- Now more of a pure-play financial services company, LUK sets a vote at the upcoming annual meeting to change its name to Jefferies Financial Group.
- Also, the board doubles the buyback approval to 25M shares.
- FQ1 EPS is seen at $0.32-$0.35.
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- Shares up 8%