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 Ekki séð neitt þessu líkt á sínum fjörutíu ára ferli Innlent Er við góða líkamlega heilsu en heilinn að „bregðast honum“ Erlent Kynna drög að nýrri stefnu í heilbrigðismálum Innlent Málafjöldi tvöfaldast milli ára: „Hálfur milljarður farinn nú þegar“ Innlent Málverk stolið af nasistum fannst í argentínskri fasteignaauglýsingu Erlent Kallar bandarískan erindreka á teppið vegna Grænlandsmála Erlent Fundu steinaldarbyggð í Árósaflóa sem fór undir sjó eftir ísöld Erlent Minntust þess ekki að hafa brennt tösku fyrir Stefán Blackburn Innlent 50 prósenta tollar á indverskar vörur taka gildi í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Lögfesta bann gegn símanotkun í skólum Erlent
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 Ekki séð neitt þessu líkt á sínum fjörutíu ára ferli Innlent Er við góða líkamlega heilsu en heilinn að „bregðast honum“ Erlent Kynna drög að nýrri stefnu í heilbrigðismálum Innlent Málafjöldi tvöfaldast milli ára: „Hálfur milljarður farinn nú þegar“ Innlent Málverk stolið af nasistum fannst í argentínskri fasteignaauglýsingu Erlent Kallar bandarískan erindreka á teppið vegna Grænlandsmála Erlent Fundu steinaldarbyggð í Árósaflóa sem fór undir sjó eftir ísöld Erlent Minntust þess ekki að hafa brennt tösku fyrir Stefán Blackburn Innlent 50 prósenta tollar á indverskar vörur taka gildi í Bandaríkjunum Erlent Lögfesta bann gegn símanotkun í skólum Erlent