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Canadian rival’s auction withdrawal puts an end to hostilities; IG’s retrenchment shows the perils of market volatility
Hostile bidder’s move may pave way for rival Allied Universal to buy UK security group
Move is attempt to resolve bidding war for UK security company
Fears that private-equity backed deal could harm conditions for security guards
Needless to say, it’s been a mad year in the realm of alternative investments
Canadian group weighs higher offer even though board of UK company has accepted rival bid
Shareholders urged to back deal with US rival after hostile campaign from Canada’s GardaWorld
Canadian company’s cash offer worth £3.7bn is difficult for security group to ignore
GardaWorld raises G4S bid, Salesforce snaps up Slack, FTSE 100 feels loved
Canadian group makes final £3.7bn offer for world’s largest security company
Bitter takeover battle rages as UK-based G4S fights hostile approaches from global rivals
Security firm says division that accounts for 3% of revenues should be compared to a fintech
Canadian group says there will be no regulatory investigations in US and Canada
UK security group turns away US rival Allied Universal after £3.3bn offer
In a letter to company and hostile predator GardaWorld, employees warn they cannot endure higher workloads
Canadian security group releases offer document on £3bn hostile takeover bid for UK rival
Approach comes as UK security company tries to fend off £3bn takeover by Canadian suitor
Canadian security group meets investors in effort to force rival to accept 190p a share
Canadian group says UK security company needs fresh management to deal with ‘scandals’ and ‘crises’
Higher offer is needed before UK security group should agree to come quietly
Group highlights earnings resilience despite Covid-19 in push to persuade investors against GardaWorld offer
Man behind hostile bid for world’s biggest security group built rival GardaWorld from scratch starting with C$25,000 in 1995
Largest shareholder Schroders says it would be willing to consider sweeter offer
Canadian company has more financial firepower; do-gooding councils face reality of retail energy war
UK security company has ‘dismissed or ignored’ 3 approaches in 3 months, says BC Partners
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