Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard to buy CST Brands in $4.4 billion deal

Couche-Tard is offering CST Brands shareholders $48.53 per share in cash, representing a premium of 2.15 percent to the stock's Friday close.

The offer represents a premium of 41.9 percent to CST's closing price on March 3, the last trading day before the company said it would explore strategic alternatives.

Couche-Tard also agreed to sell some Canadian assets of CST for about $750 million, after the deal closes.

(Reporting by Arathy S Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Sriraj Kalluvila)