Posts tagged: Unilever
Wednesday, 11 January 2023, 2:14 pm
It's that time of the year when scribblers at Canaccord Genuity's Quest release a note with their UK M&A takeover tips - all 94 of them.
Graham Simpson who compiled this list of of potential takeover targets, writes: "UK companies continue to look materially undervalued, potentially making them takeover targets for both private equity and international corporates."..
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Tuesday, 6 December 2022, 3:46 pm
Bloomberg is suggesting Vodafone may now be a takeover target following its chief executive's decision to step down and poor share price performance.
Below is the link the Bloomie piece by former The Sunday Times hack Sabah Meddings...
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Tuesday, 31 May 2022, 7:39 am
Unilever has finally confirmed feared American activist investor Nelson Peltz has a stake in the consumer goods giant and also that he is set to become a non-executive director at the FTSE 100-listed business.
Below is a link a to the confirmation after months of reports in the Financial Times Peltz was looking to accumulate a shareholding in Unilever. Below are the links to the relevant announcements:..
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Tuesday, 24 May 2022, 9:50 am
Remember when Warren Buffett and Brazilian private equity firm 3G tried to buy Unilever for £115 billion?
That was back in 2017 when Bryce Elder, an intrepid stock market reporter from the Financial Times, broke the blockbuster scoop...
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Sunday, 23 January 2022, 12:37 pm
The Unilever might be a target for Nelson Peltz theory was first aired last summer but now it appears to be have become fact.
Indeed, hacks at the venerable Financial Times have dug a decent scoop today about Peltz building a stake after the botched £50 billion tilt GlaxoSmithKline's consumer division. Below is a link to the FT piece:..
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Saturday, 22 January 2022, 8:43 am
Dominic O'Connell, a former boss during my time jobbing on The Sunday Times busines desk, appears to be suggesting something similar to Sky News's Ian "Kingy" King earlier in the week...
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Monday, 17 January 2022, 9:57 pm
Well, it looks like Ian "Kingy" King is first out of the traps to highlight something little old Betaville had been ruminating on with an old City contact over a few glasses down the pub this evening.
In a piece today King, a former City editor of The Times and now business presenter at Sky News, argues Unilever may have accidently put itself in play after attempting to buy GlaxoSmithKline's consumer division for £50 billion. Below is the link:..
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Saturday, 15 January 2022, 9:59 am
There is a big deal story breaking this Saturday morning from, er, The Sunday Times.
Oliver "Shahsy" Shah and Sabah Meddings have dug out a jumbo scoop about FTSE 100-listed Unilever launching a £50 billion takeover bid for GlaxoSmithKline's consumer division. Below is a link to their cracking tale:..
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Monday, 10 January 2022, 9:02 am
There was plenty to chew on in yesterday's British Sunday newspapers, including a fascinating set piece interview by Oliver "Shahsy" Shah of The Sunday Times with Paul Polman, the former chief executive of Unilever...
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Friday, 31 December 2021, 10:30 am
It's the final day of the year but the dealmaking goes on.
This time 3G - the giant private equity firm led by Brazilian billionaires - is buying a 75pc stake in Dutch window blinds maker Hunter Douglas from the Sonnenberg family for EURO 175 a share.
That means 3G - which a few years ago attempted to purchase Unilever alongside Warren Buffett - is buying Hunter Douglas at a 73pc premium...
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