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BHP and Anglo American have finally ended weeks of tense negotiation talks, with BHP recently pulling out of the takeover deal after three rejected bid proposals. Anglo American, which refused to further extend the deadline for BHP to come back with a revised fourth proposal, left BHP with little choice under British law but to withdraw and not offer again for at least six months. Some of BHP's conditions for the takeover included Anglo American needing to divest its businesses in South Africa, such as Anglo American Platinum and Kumba Iron Ore. The requirements had already faced major backlas...
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The owner of Royal Mail confirmed on Wednesday that it had accepted a £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion) takeover offer from the Czech investor, Daniel Křetínský. Under the deal, Křetínský’s EP Group would buy International Distribution Services, which owns Royal Mail, for 370 pence ($4.72) per share. Including debt, the deal values IDS at £5.2 billion ($6.6 billion). It said EP Group would offer a series of “contractual commitments and intentions” to protect public service aspects of the 500-year-old postal service. Long state-owned, Royal Mail was privatised by the U.K.’s Conservative government in...
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Hargreaves Lansdown has rebuffed a takeover proposal worth £4.67 billion (€5.48 billion) made by a private equity consortium on 26 April. On Wednesday, the board of directors said they were unanimously opposed to the offer which values individual shares at 985p, claiming it "substantially undervalues" the business. The consortium includes buyers CVC Capital Partners, Nordic Capital, and Platinum Ivy, a subsidiary of Abu Dhabi's sovereign wealth fund. The consortium's offer represents a 30% premium on Hargreaves Lansdown's share price of 755p at the end of April, although the stock's value has ...
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French tech company Atos, the official tech partner of the 2024 Paris summer Olympics, has seen considerable takeover interest from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, also known as the "Czech Sphinx". This has been done in partnership with hedge fund Attestor, as well as EP Group, Kretinsky's investment vehicle. Kretinsky has recently also put forward a takeover offer for the UK's Royal Mail, citing disappointing service delivery, reducing financial performance and a sluggish overall transformation as some of the main reasons behind the bid. However, he has reassured Royal Mail's parent compa...
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