Sainsbury's offer deadline issued
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The takeover watchdog sets a deadline for a private equity consortium to make a bid for Sainsbury's.
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Business & money: Takeover battle looms after investment fund backed by government of Qatar confirms it is considering a Â£12bn bid for the supermarket chain.
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On Thursday Microsoft met the latest deadline to provide information on whether it is complying with a 2004 antitrust ruling.
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Supermarkets group J Sainsbury faces fresh takeover speculation today after it emerged that dealmaker George Magan might try to raise financing for an offer.
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AILING supermarket chain Sainsbury&#39;s is reported to be the target of a Â£5bn takeover bid being prepared by an ex-treasurer of the Conservative party.
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Leeds chairman Gerald Krasner has laughed off suggestions that he has granted Sebastien Sainsbury a seven-day extension to conclude a Â£25million takeover deal.
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A deadline for shareholders of the London Stock Exchange to back a hostile takeover of the LSE by US stock exchange operator Nasdaq was set to expire.
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Delta Two, a Qatar-backed investment fund, said it submitted an offer to the board of J Sainsbury that valued the company, one of Britainâs largest retailers, at about Â£10.6 billion ($21.7 billion), or 600 pence a share. It was the second cash offer this year for Sainsbury; Delta owns 25 percent of the company. The fund proposed spending Â£3.5 billion to build and renovate Sainsbury stores and expand its range of nonfood goods.
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Shares in Sainsbury&#39;s have risen more than 3 percent to a five-week high as investors digested reports of a possible 8 billion pound plus bid for the supermarket chain.
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Virgin Group and up to two other bidders are expected to meet a Monday deadline for Northern Rock offers.
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J Sainsbury, the country&#39;s third biggest supermarket, said Wednesday it had received a takeover approach from a Qatari investment group.
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Leeds were due to hold a board meeting today amid reports that a Â£25million takeover is close to completion. The Yorkshire Post reports that Sebastien Sainsbury, the great grandson of the founder of Sainsbury&#39;s
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New supermarket takeover battle looms after investment fund says it is considering a Â£12bn bid.
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THE Leeds United board today demanded proof of funding after considering a &amp;pound25 million ($61.58m) takeover deal headed by Sebastian Sainsbury.
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A Qatari investment fund, the Delta Fund, said it was talking with J Sainsbury, the British supermarket operator, about a takeover, the second bid this year for Sainsbury. Delta, which already holds a 25 percent stake in the grocer, said it was in preliminary talks to buy the rest. Sainsbury confirmed it had received an offer, but neither side disclosed a price. Earlier this year the company fended off a Â£10.1 billion ($20.6 billion) bid from a group of buyout funds.
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Multiplex Group, Westfield Group and the billionaire brothers Simon and David Reuben lodged a formal 585 million-pound ($1.05 billion) cash offer for Chelsfield Plc, meeting a deadline to win support from the company&#39;s owners.
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The Sainsbury family will not back a takeover approach by Qatari investment group Delta Two announced last week, The Times reported in an early edition of its Tuesday paper.