Baugur to buy House of Fraser 25. ágúst 2006 10:59 House of Fraser, Baugur Group Baugur Group through its daughter company BG Holding and other investors has reached an agreement with British chain House of Fraser on its purchase. The take over bid was announced yesterday for 148 pence per share which equals a total purchase price of 60 billion ISK. The offer was made under the name of Highland Acquisitions Limited, a company owned by Baugur, Don McCarthy, West Coast Capital, Kevin Stanford, Stefan Cassar and Halifax Bank of Scotland. FL Group yesterday announced their plans to join the venture, with 13,9 percent of shares in Highland and a seat on the board. If the purchase goes forth as planned it will be valid from November 8 following a shareholders meeting on October 2. The take over has been covered in the British press, and the Financial Times says that this is Baugur Group's largest investment in Britain so far. News News in English Mest lesið Leysti út lögmannsréttindin: Fer í sjálfstæðan rekstur en heldur eftirlaununum Innlent Hafði ritað „Breivik“ og „Drepið Trump“ á skotvopnin Erlent Játning á borðinu í umfangsmestu þjófnuðum seinni tíma Innlent Sá blóðugan mann hlaupa út og árásarmanninn á eftir honum Innlent Rýnt í stöðuna í Úkraínu: Friður enn fjarlægur og Trump missir móðinn Erlent Þvættuðu milljarða af illa fenginni rafmynt á Íslandi Innlent Stytta þurfi sumarfrí barna um að lágmarki tvær vikur Innlent Hafna „órökstuddum fullyrðingum“ Sigurðar Inga Innlent Skólamál í Kópavogi: Bókun eftir bókun á fundi bæjarstjórnar Innlent Menningarráðherra skipaði son heilbrigðisráðherra í formannsstörf Innlent
Baugur Group through its daughter company BG Holding and other investors has reached an agreement with British chain House of Fraser on its purchase. The take over bid was announced yesterday for 148 pence per share which equals a total purchase price of 60 billion ISK. The offer was made under the name of Highland Acquisitions Limited, a company owned by Baugur, Don McCarthy, West Coast Capital, Kevin Stanford, Stefan Cassar and Halifax Bank of Scotland. FL Group yesterday announced their plans to join the venture, with 13,9 percent of shares in Highland and a seat on the board. If the purchase goes forth as planned it will be valid from November 8 following a shareholders meeting on October 2. The take over has been covered in the British press, and the Financial Times says that this is Baugur Group's largest investment in Britain so far.
News News in English Mest lesið Leysti út lögmannsréttindin: Fer í sjálfstæðan rekstur en heldur eftirlaununum Innlent Hafði ritað „Breivik“ og „Drepið Trump“ á skotvopnin Erlent Játning á borðinu í umfangsmestu þjófnuðum seinni tíma Innlent Sá blóðugan mann hlaupa út og árásarmanninn á eftir honum Innlent Rýnt í stöðuna í Úkraínu: Friður enn fjarlægur og Trump missir móðinn Erlent Þvættuðu milljarða af illa fenginni rafmynt á Íslandi Innlent Stytta þurfi sumarfrí barna um að lágmarki tvær vikur Innlent Hafna „órökstuddum fullyrðingum“ Sigurðar Inga Innlent Skólamál í Kópavogi: Bókun eftir bókun á fundi bæjarstjórnar Innlent Menningarráðherra skipaði son heilbrigðisráðherra í formannsstörf Innlent