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Pacific Consortium drops Tatts pursuit

SBC News Pacific Consortium drops Tatts pursuit

Pacific Consortium the special vehicle of London private equity firm Macquarie Group and New York hedge fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) will no longer pursue its AUS $7.3 billion (£4.5 billion) acquisition of Australian gambling operator Tatts Group. The deal withdrawal follows Tatts’ board decision not to review Pacific’s latest takeover bid of $4.21-per-share combined with an investor ‘dividends add-on’ which the investment firm …

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Pacific Consortium adds ‘dividends sweetener’ to Tatts offer

SBC News Pacific Consortium adds 'dividends sweetener' to Tatts offer

In a bid to outmanoeuvre Tabcorp Holdings and derail the firm’s planned AUS $11 billion merger with Tatts Group, the Pacific Consortium has offered Tatts investors a ‘deal sweetener’ should they favour their AUS $7.3 billion all-cash for Tatts assets. The joint-venture investment vehicle headed up London private equity firm Macquarie Group and New York hedge fund Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) will …

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Pacific Consortium makes firm £4.4bn bid for Tatts Group

SBC News Pacific Consortium makes firm £4.4bn bid for Tatts Group

The expected Tabcorp-Tatts merger (first announced October 2016) faces a major challenge as a private consortium led by London private equity firm Macquarie Group and New York fund KKR has today launched an AUS $7.3 billion (£4.4 billion) bid for Tatts Group assets. Under the proposition of ‘Pacific Consortium’ the group of investors has made an approach of between AUS …

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Scott Longley – Disney shows Daily Fantasy Sports is no Mickey Mouse market

SBC News Scott Longley - Disney shows Daily Fantasy Sports is no Mickey Mouse market

Scott Longley, Editorial Director of Regulus Partners, examines the upheaval in the fantasy sports industry caused by last week’s arrival of Disney.  No sooner had Amaya announced last week its intention to enter the Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) market in the US, than DraftKings dramatically – and appropriately given the provenance of the competition – raised the stakes. News reports …

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