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Company Est. Sector Listing Buyer Price Year Country Type Ref
ARM 1990 Semiconductor FTSE100 SoftBank Group £24.3 billion 2016  Japan Public [1]
Cobham (company) 1934 Defence FTSE100 Advent International £4 billion 2020  United States Private [2]
E2V 1947 Electronics LSE Teledyne Technologies $789 Million 2017  United States Public [3]
Asda 1889 Retail FTSE100 Walmart £6.7 billion 1999  United States Public [4]
Boots The Chemist 1849 Retail FTSE100 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts £11.1 billion 2007  United States Private [5]
Morrisons 1899 Retail LSE Clayton, Dubilier & Rice £7 billion 2021  United States Private [6]
Costa Coffee 1971 Retail LSE The Coca-Cola Company $4.9 billion 2019  United States Public [7]
P&O (company) 1837 Shipping FTSE100 DP World £3.9 billion 2006  United Arab Emirates Private]] [8]
Greene King 1799 Brewing FTSE100 CK Asset Holdings £2.7 billion 2019  Hong Kong Public [9]
John Laing Group 1848 Infrastructure FTSE100 Kohlberg Kravis Roberts £2 billion 2021  United States Private [10]


References[edit]

  1. ^ BBC 2016 ARM chip designer to be bought by Japan's Softbank https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-36822806
  2. ^ BBC 2020 UK approves £4bn US takeover of defence company Cobham https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50874181.amp
  3. ^ Reuters Imaging sensor maker E2V Tech agrees to $780 million offer from Teledyne https://www.reuters.com/article/us-e2v-technologies-m-a-teledyne-tech-idUSKBN1410O5
  4. ^ BBC WalMart bids for Asda http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/368430.stm
  5. ^ BBC First takeover of FTSE100 company by private equity company http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6708245.stm
  6. ^ BBC Morrisons agrees to raised £6.7bn takeover offer from Fortress https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58773825 Cite error: The named reference "mor" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ BBC Coca-Cola to buy Costa coffee for £3.9bn https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45365893
  8. ^ BBC P&O shareholders back Dubai bid http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4709782.stm
  9. ^ Independent https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/greene-king-buyout-pubs-sale-hong-kong-cka-a9071036.html
  10. ^ Bloomberg KKR to Buy Infrastructure Group John Laing for $2.8 Billion https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/kkr-to-buy-u-k-infrastructure-group-john-laing-for-2-8-billion
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