ARI: Cal Icahn knows rail investing

Financial Edge, December 2018 Railway Age: On Oct. 22, American Railcar Industries Inc. (ARI) announced that it was being acquired by a subsidiary of ITE Rail Fund L.P. (ITE). The acquisition price was $70 per share, for a total purchase price (including debt) of $1.7 billion. That price represented a 51% premium to the previous day's close (Oct. 19) of $46.29 per share. As ITE is privately held, ARI will become a private company at acquisition.The post Cal Icahn knows rail investing appeared first on Railway Age.