Yellow said Estes' new bid is the best and superior to Old Dominion Freight Line Inc's (ODFL.O) $1.5 billion August stalking horse bid.
Privately held Estes had submitted a $1.3 billion bid last month to acquire Yellow's shipment centers.
A stalking horse bid is an initial bid on the assets of a bankrupt company, setting the low-end bidding bar so that other bidders cannot underbid the purchase price.
"Estes Stalking Horse Bid is an improvement over the Old Dominion Bid because it offers more money for the Acquired Assets and less fees in terms of bid protections," Yellow said in a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware.
The nearly 100-year-old company filed for bankruptcy with just $39 million cash on hand, which it said was not enough to run a months-long bankruptcy sale for its 12,000 trucks, real estate holdings and other assets.
Persons:
Mike Blake, Yellow, Estes, Ducera, Juby Babu, Subhranshu Sahu
Organizations:
U.S, Trucking, Express, Old Dominion, Old, Bankruptcy, Ducera Partners, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Thomson
Locations:
Mexico, San Diego , California, U.S, Delaware, Bengaluru