Posts tagged: Cobham
Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 23 July 2021, 9:49 am
Loyal readers of little old Betaville won't be too surprised to read this morning that Ultra Electronics is in talks to be bought by Advent International-backed Cobham for over £2 billion.
That's because this website consistently highlighted the prospect of a deal through a series of UNCOOKED Alerts published over the last few weeks before the release of any announcements of news reports. Below are the links in case you have forgotten:..
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Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 25 June 2021, 6:40 pm
Bizarre goings on following little old Betaville's scoop about Advent International's potential £2 billion plus takeover bid of Ultra Electronics earlier today.
First Cobham, the defence company owned by Advent, confirms this website's UNCOOKED Alert, suggesting it's looking at a cash offer for Ultra Electronics or a reverse merger...
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Thursday, 18 June 2020, 8:58 pm
It's not even a year since Advent International bought defence and aerospace group Cobham as part of controversial £4 billion take private deal.
But well-placed sources tell Betaville the private equity firm is already making moves that I suspect that might eventually upset Lady Cobham, Daily Mail readers and, possibly, the government...
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Monday, 5 August 2019, 2:47 pm
The mischevious scamp who pens the excellent Prufrock diary column in The Sunday Times gave Ravi Gupta, the top Rothschild banker running the Cobham deal, a bit of a shoeing this weekend.
Liam Kelly unveiled the expensive contents of Mr Gupta's rather large house in Hampstead, North London, and then noted he was responsible for selling off Britain's largest industrial businesses, such as Cobham, to any predator willing to pay a sum...
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Saturday, 27 July 2019, 11:49 pm
If you have a spare moment over the weekend and are interested in the Cobham / Advent bid situation then do click on the link below for a follow up piece in the Mail on Sunday's business section by yours truly and Jamie "Nimmers" Nimmo...
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Thursday, 25 July 2019, 5:08 pm
Hat tip the FT deals team hacks who stayed laid at work last night to dig out the Advent Cobham bid scoop ahead of this morning's announcement. Below is a link to the deal announcement:
https://www.investegate.co.uk/cobham-plc--cob-/rns/recommended-cash-acquisition-of-cobham/201907250700266475G/..
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