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Tories concerned that family’s offer to repay media group’s £1.1bn debt will use funding from Abu Dhabi
Highest number of takeover proposals since 2010 fuels predictions MBOs could become biggest driver of deals
Compensation for players who stuck with the US tour and LIV’s team-golf format are among the big stumbling blocks
Investor run by former CNN boss offers to help finance deal as German publisher Axel Springer pulls out of auction
The deal would value the Premier League football club at about $5.4bn
Also in today’s newsletter, Mars pays extragalactic premium for Hotel Chocolat and Blackstone seeks new financing options
Combined group’s shares are down 41 per cent so far in 2023
Canadian private equity firm failed to secure bids over its £4bn price tag for the holiday resort group
The Crogh flies (away)
Sales expected to be affected by flatlining China performance next year
Shareholder vote on $720mn buyout includes special payouts to founder Daniel Och
Acquisition will boost Young’s estate to 279 pubs across London and south-east England
UK chocolatier’s founders to get payday of about £280mn after difficult year marked by waning demand
Plus, a star City trader enters the next phase of his career and ValueAct becomes the latest activist to storm Disney
Staying on the sidelines is lucrative enough with risk-free rates at about 5%
Accountancy firms to join up in America in latest sign of industry consolidation
The Tory donor will step back from his firm as the Canadian money manager bulks up in private credit
Plus, the €1bn beauty deal that went ugly and buyout funds hunt for start-up bargains
Swiss group plans to merge Teck’s steelmaking coal business with its own assets before spinning off combined unit
Swiss group’s shareholders will have the choice of keeping shares in the spin-off or dumping them on the market
EU preparing to file anti-competitive charges, according to people familiar with probe
Aurelius buys ethical beauty retailer from Brazilian cosmetics group
Plus, the UK’s Takeover Panel feels the dealmaking pain and an Austrian property mogul’s debts come back to bite
Nervous tinkering will have little impact on deals and stock market valuations
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