Reuters: Hot Stocks: UPDATE 1-Kroenke Sports wrestles Outdoor Channel from InterMedia

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UPDATE 1-Kroenke Sports wrestles Outdoor Channel from InterMedia Mar 13th 2013, 14:34 Wed Mar 13, 2013 10:34am EDT * Kroenke Sports offers $8.75 per share * Outdoor Channel pays InterMedia $6.5 mln termination fee * Outdoor Channel shares down 1.4 pct at $8.72 (Adds details, background) March 13 (Reuters) - Cable network Outdoor Channel Holdings Inc agreed to be acquired by Kroenke Sports & Entertainment LLC for about $8.75 per share in cash, nearly four months after it accepted an $8.00 offer from Leo Hindery's InterMedia Outdoors Holdings LLC. Outdoor Channel shares were down 1.4 percent at $8.72 on the Nasdaq in early trading on Wednesday. The offer from Kroenke Sports, the owner of the Denver Nuggets basketball team and Colorado Avalanche hockey team, values Outdoor Channel at about $227 million. Outdoor Channel, which features programming for hunters and other outdoor enthusiasts, said on March 4 it received an unsolicited offer from Kroenke Sports, which was followed by a definitive bid two days later. Kroenke Sports is owned by Stan Kroenke, who has a majority stake in Arsenal Football Club. Outdoor Channel announced on Nov. 16 that it had agreed to merge with InterMedia Outdoors Holdings LLC in a cash-and-stock deal valued at roughly $208 million. InterMedia is controlled by private equity investment fund InterMedia Partners VII, founded by cable veteran Leo Hindery. Outdoor said on Wednesday it paid InterMedia a $6.5 million termination fee and it expects the deal with Kroenke Sports to be completed in the second quarter. (Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee and Sruthi Ramakrishnan in Bangalore; Editing by Joyjeet Das) Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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