Posts tagged: William Hill
Tuesday, 7 September 2021, 10:38 am
Dominic Walsh, the country's leading leisure reporter who works for The Times, is reporting William Hill's betting shops are set to be sold to 888 Holdings for about £2 billion by Caesars. Below is his tweet:
EXCLUSIVE: 888 Holdings wins William Hill auction with £2 billion-plus bid, beating Apollo to the line. Story to follow on @TimesBusiness shortly..
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Thursday, 18 March 2021, 7:41 am
Heavyweight American hedge fund HBK appears to have thrown a spanner in the works of William Hill's sale to Caesars.
This morning the London-listed company has said HBK has said it plans to contest the Scheme of Arrangement to sell the business to the American casino giant for £2.9 billion. Below is the link to the announcement...
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Monday, 19 October 2020, 8:34 pm
It's pretty gloomy out there given the current state of affairs but hasn't put a dampener on dealmaking.
Today in the US ConocoPhillips announced a $9.7 billion for shale explorer and producer Concho Resources while chip maker Intel Corporation is in talks to sell its memory-chip unit to South Korea’s SK Hynix Inc. for roughly $10 billion. That's two $10 billion deals in a day...
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Monday, 5 October 2020, 12:15 pm
Well, it didn't take long for The Sunday Telegraph's splash story about Fred Done's £2.9 billion counterbid to be quashed.
Rival papers, such as City AM and The Times, are quoting spokespeaople or "people close to the situation" as saying the bookie has no interest in mounting a bid for the whole company. Below are the link:..
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Sunday, 4 October 2020, 12:56 pm
There are plenty of interesting stories in the British Sunday newspaper sections today, including Neil Craven's piece on the billionaire Issa brothers and their purchase of retail stalwart Asda. Below is the link to Neil's jackanory, which seems to be getting plenty of air time on Twitter this morning:..
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Friday, 25 September 2020, 12:38 pm
Bloomberg have just landed a decent scoop about Leon Black's Apollo approaching FTSE 250-listed William Hill about a takeover deal...
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Betaville IntelligenceFriday, 15 September 2017, 9:04 am
Hat tip to Dom Walsh over at The Times for managing to needle out a genuinly interesting "new" line out of Kenny Alexander, the boss of acquisitive gaming group GVC, about potential merger talks with rivals after the regulatory review of sector.
In today's City people column in the The Times Dom reveals that, other than Ladbrokes Coral, GVC also has an interest in a potential combination with William Hill. Here is the link:..
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Betaville IntelligenceTuesday, 28 February 2017, 3:45 pm
Sportingbet owner GVC Holdings is said to be gearing up for its next major takeover deal.
According to sources familiar with the matter, investment banks - such as JP Morgan - are said to have put in place a big debt financing package for GVC to use as funds for major M&A tansaction...
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Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 2:14 pm
Oh look - I see US-based medical laser company Cynosure today announced a deal to sell itself to Hologic for $1.6 billion. If you missed the deal announcement click on the link below:
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-cynosure-m-a-hologic-idUSKBN15T1OI..
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