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 Afstýrði vopnuðu ráni í Kópavogi: „Mér fannst ég þurfa að gera eitthvað“ Innlent Bað soninn um að halda sig í herberginu meðan árásin átti sér stað Innlent Ekkert sem bendi til að konan hafi áttað sig á ölvun ökumannsins Innlent Sorg í Mosfellsbæ eftir skemmdarverk á liðsrútunni Innlent Fundu tvö dæmi um Kjartann en samt virðist enginn hafa borið nafnið Innlent Páfinn sendir frá sér yfirlýsingu Erlent Tilbúinn að stíga til hliðar Erlent „Þá er þetta komið út fyrir öll velsæmismörk“ Innlent Reykjavík muni mögulega gera sérsamninga við kennara Innlent Reyndist vera eftirlýstur 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 Afstýrði vopnuðu ráni í Kópavogi: „Mér fannst ég þurfa að gera eitthvað“ Innlent Bað soninn um að halda sig í herberginu meðan árásin átti sér stað Innlent Ekkert sem bendi til að konan hafi áttað sig á ölvun ökumannsins Innlent Sorg í Mosfellsbæ eftir skemmdarverk á liðsrútunni Innlent Fundu tvö dæmi um Kjartann en samt virðist enginn hafa borið nafnið Innlent Páfinn sendir frá sér yfirlýsingu Erlent Tilbúinn að stíga til hliðar Erlent „Þá er þetta komið út fyrir öll velsæmismörk“ Innlent Reykjavík muni mögulega gera sérsamninga við kennara Innlent Reyndist vera eftirlýstur Innlent