Liberty Global in takeover talks with Daisy Group - report

News General United Kingdom 14 MRT 2014
Liberty Global in takeover talks with Daisy Group - report
Liberty Global has held secret talks about a GBP 500 million-plus acquisition of UK IT supplier Daisy Group, Sky News has learned. However, an unnamed source said that the talks have ended in the last few days because of a gulf in their views over the potential price that Liberty would pay. It is not clear if the talks will be revived. Daisy has recently signed a 5-year contract with Liberty Global-owned Virgin Media to provide services and engineering support.

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