EMI gets Warner bid approach
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Music group EMI says it has received an approach from US rival Warner Music that could lead to a takeover bid.
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EMI, the struggling British music company, said Friday that it had rejected an informal takeover bid by US rival Warner Music Group, claiming the cash offer worth 2.08 billion pounds (3.07 billion euros, 4.05 billion dollars) was &quot;inadequate.&quot;
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Warner Music says any takeover bid for EMI is likely to be "solely in cash", a day after its approach was made public.
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EMI Group PLC, beset by profit warnings and an accounting scandal in Brazil, was thrown a potential lifeline yesterday with a possible new takeover bid by a former suitor, Warner Music Group.
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Warner Music Group Corp.   said on Wednesday any takeover offer it might make for  Britain's EMI Group Plc  would probably be all cash.
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NEW YORK -- Warner Music Group is "actively" considering making a new offer to buy rival EMI Group, which accepted a buyout bid for $4.8 billion from Terra Firma Capital Partners last month.
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EMI Group Plc  is expected  to announce on Thursday that it had decided not to pursue its  offer to merge with Warner Music Group Corp. , sources  familiar with the matter said late on Wednesday.
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Warner Music Group's  decision on whether to counter bid for British rival EMI Group  has become a tortuously long one, as the No. 4 player grapples with exposing itself further to recorded music amid a faster-than-expected decline in the industry.
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EMI will have to sing its private equity financed tune.
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The long courtship between EMI Group PLC and Warner Music Group is on again. EMI confirmed Tuesday that it had received an approach from Warner about a possible bid.
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Britain's EMI  has written to U.S. rival Warner Music  to outline what its reaction would be to a bid and highlighting its concerns over regulatory issues, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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LONDON, November 19  âThe share price of the global music company, EMI (EMI.ETR), appreciated nearly 10% to 228.5p on the London Stock Exchange today, after the company guided to improved full year results, despite posting ay/y decline
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EMI, the world's third largest record label, has officially rejected a $4.1 billion takeover offer from the world's fourth largest label, Warner Music. EMI on Friday held a board meeting to discuss the "non-binding proposal" and decided it was not good for shareholders.
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The chief executive of Warner Music   Group Corp. is paving the way for a new bid for EMI Group Plc   by trumpeting the benefits of a merger with the firm's   shareholders, the Times reported on Wednesday.
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U.S.-based Fortress Investment Group Llc  has joined the pack of potential bidders for British music firm EMI Group Plc , The Sunday Telegraph reported, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Shares of record company EMI Group PLC, whose artists include David Bowie and the Beatles, rose more than 6 percent Tuesday after a report that the company is in talks with private equity firms about a possible takeover.
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The private equity firm seeking to buy music group EMI extends the deadline for its offer by one week.