Post Holdings: Repurchases Outstanding Shares

St. Louis / MO. (pfh) Post Holdings Inc., a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded ready to eat cereals in the U.S., announced that it has agreed to repurchase 1,75 million shares of its common stock, at a price of 30,50 USD per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately 53,4 million USD. These shares are a portion of the Post shares that were retained by Ralcorp Holdings Inc., Post´s former parent company, in connection with the spin-off of Post. In the same week Ralcorp had announced that it was exploring the sale of approximately 6,8 million shares of the common stock of Post Holdings, representing its entire remaining stake in Post.

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