Posts tagged: Pizza Express

Pizza Express owners said to weigh counterbid for Wagamama The Restaurant Group, reveals Sky News

Wednesday, 25 October 2023, 9:09 pm

The old Kleinmanator has managed to edge out little old Betaville by getting to the bottom of the The Restaurant Group counterbid tale.

Kleiny, also known as Mark Kleinman of Sky News, has just revealed that the owners of Pizza Express, who include Bain Capital Credit and Cyrus Capital Partners, are weighing up whether to make a counter offer for The Restaurant Group after it recommended a £500 million takeover from Apollo, the US private equity firm...

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Sunday review on a Monday: Osmond interview in The Sunday Times suggests he eyeing embattled Pizza Express...

Monday, 17 August 2020, 8:22 am

The excellent Sabah Meddings of the The Sunday Times business section carried out an interview with Hugh Osmond this weekend and it made for extremely interesting reading. Below is the link to the piece:

The swashbuckling dealmaker has been running around setting up an acquistion vehicle - Broadstone - so the dealmaking community is watching his every step, especially as Osmond made his first fortune with Luke Johnson from Pizza Express...

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