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RARE ALERT: KPN said to ... - Part 13

Well that didn't take long - rivals hacks at Dealreporter claim private equity firms EQT and Stonepeak could revive their plan to buy Royal KPN, the Dutch telecoms giant.

According to the report (which cites "sources familiar with the situation"), "the consortium is still thought to be interested in the company and could revisit the opportunity" and "could explore another attempt at acquiring the business at the end of this year or in 2022"...

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RARE ALERT: KPN said to ... - Part 12

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RARE ALERT: KPN said to ... - Part 10

Betaville notes that Royal KPN NV has finally confirmed it has received approaches from EQT/Stonepeak and KKR. Below is the link to the KPN statement:

https://www.overons.kpn/en/news/2021/kpn-rejected-two-unrelated-unsolicited-approaches

Of course, for regular readers of this website not much of the above will come as too much of a surprise.....

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RARE ALERT: KPN said to ... - Part 9

It would appear hacks at the venerable Wall Street Journal have finanlly decided to follow up little old Betaville's RARE Alerts on KPN, the Dutch telecoms giant.

The American financial newspaper is reporting the Wallenberg's EQT has teamed up with US-based Stonepeak Partners to mount a joint bid for KPN valuing it at over EURO 15 billion. Below is a link to the WSJ's "scoop":..

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