Private equity firms circling Sainsbury's with view to launch bids - Sunday Times
Reuters
Published Aug 21, 2021 08:03PM ET
(Reuters) - Private equity companies are circling British supermarket group Sainsbury's with a view to possibly launching bids of more than 7 billion pounds ($9.53 billion), The Sunday Times reported.
American buyout giant Apollo is said to be running the rule over the supermarket group, the newspaper reported https://
It remains in talks to join the Fortress-led consortium bidding for Morrisons and any involvement in that deal may preclude a move for Sainsbury's, the report said, adding Apollo's interest in Sainsbury's is exploratory.
British supermarket group Morrisons said on Thursday its board would unanimously recommend U.S. private equity group CD&R's 285 pence a share offer worth 7 billion pounds and drop its previous recommendation for a 6.7 billion pound bid from a consortium led by SoftBank owned Fortress.
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