(Reuters) – Uniform rental firm Cintas Corp (NASDAQ:) has made a $5.1 billion takeover offer for uniform supplier UniFirst (NYSE:), the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
Cintas has offered to pay $275 per outstanding common and Class B share, the report added, citing letters delivered to UniFirst’s board.
The offer price represents a 62.4% premium to UniFirst’s last close as of Monday.
Shares of UniFirst rose nearly 40% to $236 in premarket trading on Tuesday.
Cintas and UniFirst did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
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