Aaron’s buys Progressive Finance, cuts outlook

Published April 15, 2014 12:43pm ET



ATLANTA (AP) — Furniture leasing company Aaron’s has agreed to buy online rent-to-own finance company Progressive Finance Holdings for $700 million in cash in a bid to turn around its business even as it cut its first-quarter outlook.

Meanwhile, Aaron’s also said it rejected a takeover offer from Vintage Capital Management, its second largest shareholder, for $30.50 per share, a 1 percent premium on the stock’s closing price Monday. Aaron’s says the offer is not in the best interest of shareholders.

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