Czech, Slovak investor makes takeover offer for German retailer Metro

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - EP Global Commerce, an acquisition vehicle owned by Czech and Slovak investors, is making a takeover offer for German retailer Metro that values the company at 5.8 billion euros (£5.1 billion), it said on Friday. The firm, co-owned by Czech investor Daniel Kretinsky and Slovak partner Patrik Tkac, said it had agreed to buy a Metro stake from investment firm Haniel that gave it approximately 15.2% of the voting rights in the company.