Credit: shutterstock/iMac_71 Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský appears ready to provide national security commitments to ensure his company’s proposed takeover of Royal Mail and its international parcels division goes through ahead of significant expected regulatory scrutiny. Subscribe to Global Competition Review Register for limited access Register to receive our newsletter and …
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Mr Seidenberg is also understood to have used the meeting, which was arranged before Mr Kretinsky’s takeover bid emerged, to lobby for reform of Royal Mail’s universal service obligation (USO). The company has submitted proposals that would see second class letters delivered just three times a week, while the six-day …
Read More »A shake-up of the postal service that could hand the owner of Royal Mail a £300m boost will not take place before the general election, it has emerged, as the company’s bosses meet ministers to discuss its proposed £3.5bn takeover by a Czech billionaire. The industry regulator, Ofcom, has been …
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The Times: The board of Royal Mail's parent company is prepared to recommend an improved £3.5bn takeover approach for the group from Daniel Kretinsky, … Source link
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The GCA has urged Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distribution Services (IDS), and EP Group to consider the interests of its members if it goes through with a sale. EP Group is owned by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky. The firm already owns a 27.6% stake in IDS and a 9.9% stake in …
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Royal Mail’s parent company International Distributions Services is set to agree a £3.5 billion takeover by Daniel Kretinsky if the Czech billionaire tables a formal offer, the British firm has said. Kretinsky’s investment vehicle EP Group sweetened its bid to buy the owner of one the world’s oldest postal companies …
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The board of Royal Mail’s parent company, International Distributions Services (IDS), is set to recommend an improved £3.5 billion takeover bid from Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech tycoon shareholder known as the “Czech sphinx.” IDS has received a non-binding proposal of 370p per share from EP Group, a conglomerate controlled by …
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ROYAL MAIL is ready to accept a sweetened £3.5billion takeover bid from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky — after he pledged to protect workers and pensions. His commitments are designed to soothe political jitters about a foreign takeover of a nationally important company. 5 Royal Mail is ready to accept a …
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By Leah Montebello Updated: 04:11 EDT, 16 May 2024 Royal Mail is just the latest British company to be targeted by foreign buyers this year with the value of bids from overseas topping £60billion. In one of the most dramatic days in the 508-year history of the postal service, parent …
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