Tag Archives: Mergers and acquisitions

Kretinsky’s ambitious plans have been backed up by a fevered acquisition spree that has accelerated since 2018, when the tycoon began to diversify his business away from energy. This week, Fnac tabled a €249m (£210m) offer to buy Italy’s Unieuro in a deal that would create a major new player …

The new owner of Royal Mail has vowed to keep delivering letters six days a week in an attempt to quash concerns that the service could be reduced.  Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech billionaire who is buying Royal Mail’s parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) for £3.6bn, said he would not …

In addition to the cost savings, Royal Mail said the move will save around 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year and help it meet a target of achieving net zero emissions by 2040. The company’s delivery lorries run partly on hydrotreated vegetable oil – a renewable alternative to diesel …

The potential for asset sales should be a genuine concern too. Both Royal Mail shareholders and experts believe Kretinsky could be getting his hands on one of the biggest corporate property portfolios in Europe – an estate of prime sites situated in towns up and down the country – on …

Royal Mail has said its sale to the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky risks triggering a financial squeeze, raising fresh fears about the potential threat to the postal service from his debt-fuelled takeover. Parent company International Distribution Services (IDS) has said that nearly £2.4bn of loans could be called in as …

Former Royal Mail boss Rico Back has thrown his weight behind Daniel Křetínský’s bid to take over the business, claiming the troubled postal giant “cannot go on like it did”. Mr Back, who was chief executive of Royal Mail from 2018 to 2020, told The Telegraph that the deal would …

Mr Kretinsky, who is already the largest shareholder in Royal Mail through his company EP Group, has pledged not to split the group’s lucrative parcels business, GLS, from its struggling letters business. Under terms set out in his offer, this undertaking would be valid for three years after the deal …

EP Group made a number of other legally-binding undertakings to the Government as part of the bid. These include maintaining key services under Royal Mail’s universal service obligation for the next five years, such as the one-price-goes-anywhere system and Saturday deliveries for first class post. Mr Kretinsky has agreed to …

Royal Mail will be taken over by a Czech billionaire after it accepted a £3.6bn takeover offer. The board of parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) on Wednesday said it has recommended an offer of 370p per share from Daniel Křetínský. The offer consists of 360p in cash, plus a …

Royal Mail is poised to accept a £3.5bn takeover offer from Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, paving the way for the postal service to fall into foreign ownership for the first time in its 500-year history. The board of parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) is expected to recommend a firm …