** Shares of aerospace and defense supplier Ducommun DCO.N
down 1.8% at $54.4 in morning trade
** Ducommun rejects unsolicited, non-binding takeover bid
from private investment firm Albion River
** Board of directors believe that Albion River's offered
price and generic proposed actions significantly undervalue
Ducommun
** Albion River's proposal, made earlier this month, for $60
per share in cash represented a premium of 23.5% to DCO stock's
last close before the bid was announced
** Up to Monday's close, stock had risen ~6% YTD
(Reporting by Kannaki Deka)
((Kannaki.Deka@thomsonreuters.com))