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AA PLC

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  • Wednesday, 25 November, 2020
    AA agrees sale to private equity groups

    Warburg Pincus and TowerBrook to take control of debt-laden roadside recovery group

  • Monday, 23 November, 2020
    Private equity groups close in on AA takeover bid

    Warburg Pincus and TowerBrook offer 35p a share in non-binding proposal for debt-laden company

  • Friday, 2 October, 2020
    Investments
    Investors Chronicle: Sumo, AA, Hotel Chocolat

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Thursday, 24 September, 2020
    LombardKate Burgess
    The AA in a danse macabre with private equity partners

    Suitors whittled down; Smiths delaying tactics; Willie Walsh’s new billet

  • Friday, 7 August, 2020
    Stalling AA calls for a rescue of its own

    After six years on public markets the recovery group may return to private equity hands

  • Wednesday, 5 August, 2020
    Due Diligence
    The line between private equity and plundering Premium

    The debt burden piled on breakdown company AA has cast a cloud over its future success

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    LombardCat Rutter Pooley
    AA still bears scars of its last private equity encounter

    Beware PE, but there are few good options; whisky sours at Diageo

  • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
    AA in talks with private equity groups over possible buyout

    Breakdown group says its debt burden is ‘impediment to long-term success’

  • Thursday, 7 May, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    UK road traffic climbs again after lockdown slump, says AA

    Breakdown group reports roadside call-outs back to 90% of expected levels as motorists venture out

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  • Friday, 17 April, 2020
    Investments
    Investors Chronicle: SDL, AA, Hunting

    Companies analysis from our sister publication

  • Wednesday, 8 April, 2020
    Lex
    AA: running out of road Premium

    Breakdown service group is lumbering towards a restructuring

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    Merryn Somerset Webb
    Roadside recovery and an aggravating communications breakdown

    In an overleveraged world headed for economic slowdown, don’t rely on the heavily indebted for rescue

  • Friday, 31 May, 2019
    Interview
    AA pins hope on technology to win back investors

    Chief executive outlines plans to cut costs, boost profits and reverse sliding shares

  • Wednesday, 3 April, 2019
    Support services
    Profits fall as AA ramps up spending on technology

    Motoring group to develop black box to predict breakdowns as it repositions itself

  • Wednesday, 20 February, 2019
    Brexit
    Fitch may cut UK credit rating on no-deal Brexit risk
  • Tuesday, 12 February, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    Debenhams shareholders will not be served by refinancing plan

    Investors who bought into plan may soon find themselves on their own

  • Tuesday, 12 February, 2019
    UK vehicle breakdown group AA raises full-year expectations

    The automobile association wins or renews key business contracts

  • Tuesday, 18 December, 2018
    AA wins contract to service all new VW cars

    It comes as breakdown group embarks on plans to become technology focused business

  • Wednesday, 5 December, 2018
    UK equities
    Royal Mail, AA and Thomas Cook face FTSE relegation

    Insurer Hiscox set to replace Royal Mail in the bluechip benchmark

  • Friday, 9 November, 2018
    FT AlphavilleBryce Elder
    Markets Live: Friday, 9th November 2018
  • Monday, 5 November, 2018
    Co-operative Group Ltd
    Co-op in advanced talks to sell insurance business

    Markerstudy is frontrunner in £300m deal but others have expressed interest

  • Friday, 28 September, 2018
    Elaine Moore
    Why companies blame their problems on the weather

    Chief executives duck difficult questions by complaining about snow, rain and heat

  • Friday, 28 September, 2018
    City InsiderPatrick Jenkins
    Andrea Orcel leaves UBS on a bearish note

    Investment bank star quotes Winnie the Pooh in his farewell email to colleagues

  • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    AA blames weather, but investors remain wary

    Roadside recovery group is taking too long to turn things round for some people

  • Wednesday, 26 September, 2018
    fastFTMatthew Vincent
    Opening Quote: AA’s profits fall down a pothole
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