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Takeover specialist told it must maintain engineer as major employer and investor in Britain
Turnround group insists ‘we are British’ after letter from business secretary
Welcome to Due Diligence, the FT’s daily deals briefing
Dana raises offer for automotive unit as investors set to decide fate of UK group
Management comments about hostile bid from Melrose were ‘not verified’
Contest is about 3 problems: share price discount, weak margins and pension deficit
Some praise group for turnround record while critics accuse it of ‘asset stripping’
Activist investor launches scathing attack on FTSE 100 engineer’s record
Move by activist fund comes as battle lines harden ahead of shareholder vote
European aircraft maker holds talks with group behind £8bn hostile bid for aerospace supplier
Equivalence might yet be an idea that swims in the right direction
Finance director warns that engineering company ‘could lose for the wrong reasons’
The PR barrage from the respective, if not always respectful, parties has been relentless
Battle for engineer’s future finely balanced amid focus on pensions scheme
US group has agreed to buy part of UK engineering group GKN
Offer comes as support for engineer strengthens amid investment concerns
Fees of £82m for board advisers point to the real winners of Melrose takeover move
Shareholders, customers and politicians warn over Melrose move on UK engineer
The UK and European unit has been cramping chief Mike Wells’s style
Aircraft maker says ‘practically impossible’ to award new work if deal succeeds
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