Investment funds weigh up Sainsbury takeover
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Private equity groups CVC Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone have said they are mulling a takeover of J Sainsbury, the third-biggest biggest supermarket chain in Britain.
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Private equity groups CVC Capital Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Blackstone have said they were mulling a takeover of J Sainsbury, the third-biggest biggest supermarket chain in the UK.
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Business & money: Fate of supermarket chain in balance, with court to decide today whether to approve rescue package.
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LONDON - J Sainsbury will take a 550 million pound ($1.5 billion) hit to profits this year as it invests to boost sales and reverse falling market share, Britain&#39;s third-biggest supermarket chain said on Tuesday.
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London equities progressed by midday Wednesday, pushed by strong gains in the mining sector following a Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) note on metals prices. Retailers like J Sainsbury remained in focus one day after Tesco issued a somber results statement that sent its stock down nearly 5 per cent.
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With news that the London Stock Exchange (LSE) has knocked back a Â£1.35bn offer from its German rival Deutsche Boerse, the ordinary shareholder may be wondering what lies ahead.
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Business & money: Proposed Â£10.6bn takeover of supermarket group moves a step closer.
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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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Sainsbury's opens its books to the Qatar-based investment firm Delta Two which is planning a Â£10.3bn bid.
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A Qatari investment group said Friday that it has increased its stake in J Sainsbury to 25 percent.
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Business & money: Investment fund backed by Qatari royal family makes takeover approach for supermarket group.
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A report suggests a second private equity consortium is looking at launching a takeover bid for Sainsbury's.
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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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The deadline in the Nasdaq's approach to LSE shareholders to accept its proposed takeover bid approaches.
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Oil-rich Gulf Arab state Qatar has made a bid approach for J Sainsbury Plc , which newspapers said valued Britain's third-biggest supermarket group at about 12 billion pounds ($24.5 billion), including debt.
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Corporate financier George Magan says he has taken a preliminary look at food retailer J Sainsbury but that reports he was planning a 5 billion pound takeover bid were exaggerated.
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The activist investor looks to squeeze some more value out of the retailer's shares.