Posts tagged: Sky News

Betaville Intelligence

UNCOOKED ALERT: DS Smith said to ... - Part 8

Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 5:16 pm

Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News has just popped up with a cracking new line on the DS Smith takeover talks.

According to the Kleinmanator, International Paper is considering launching a £5 billion counter offer for DS Smith.

The move comes amid UK-listed Mondi's talks to purchase DS Smith, first revealed by little old Betaville, to buy its rival for around 373p a share to create a £10 billion packaging giant...

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Betaville Intelligence

UNCOOKED ALERT: Equals Group said to ... - Part 3

Wednesday, 20 March 2024, 10:21 pm

Loyal readers might recall that little old Betaville smoked out takeover interest in London-listed payments company Equals Group from US private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners late last year when this website published an UNCOOKED Alert about the bid speculation surrounding the company.

Below is a link to Betaville's original UNCOOKED Alert in case you don't recall:..

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Waterstones owner said to plot £700 million takeover bid for Currys, reveals Sky News

Saturday, 17 February 2024, 10:05 am

Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman of Sky News has just popped up with a cracking Saturday morning scoop.

Elliott Advisors - the activist investor that owns British book chain Waterstones - is plotting a takeover bid for London-listed Currys, the electrical goods retailer, according to Kleiny, a former colleague during my time on the The Daily Telegraph.

Below is a link to the Kleinmanator's scoop in case you want to read the whole thing:..

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Frasers Group in talks to buy Matchesfashion, reveals Sky News

Saturday, 16 December 2023, 8:33 am

Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman, City Editor of Sky News, is up early with a decent scoop about Mike Ashley's Frasers Group.

According to Kleiny - a former colleague during our time working on The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph - Frasers Group is in talks with private equity firm Apax about buying Matchesfashion, the online upmarket fashion retailer...

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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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Leaks!

Monday, 10 July 2023, 6:11 pm

Ping! An email arrives from "strategic communications advisory group" (also known as a public relations firm) H/Advisors.

One of the authors is Neil Bennett, now "global co-chief executive of H/Advisors". Bennett also managed to get a slot on Ian King's Sky News show to talk about his firm's findings from its "research" into leaks...

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Apax sniffing around Alliance Pharma, reveals Sky News

Thursday, 20 April 2023, 7:36 am

Mark "The Kleinmanator" Kleinman, City Editor of Sky News, is on a bit of a run of good form.

Earlier this week Kleimanator, a former boss and colleague during our time working on The Daily Telegraph, together smoked out Liontrust's interest in purchasing ailing Switzerland-listed asset manager GAM Holding. Below is a link to his scoop story and the confirmation:..

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