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  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    LombardBryce Elder
    G4S secures a solid price even as GardaWorld’s pursuit ends in failure

    Canadian rival’s auction withdrawal puts an end to hostilities; IG’s retrenchment shows the perils of market volatility

  • Monday, 22 February, 2021
    G4S PLC
    GardaWorld will not raise £3.7bn offer for G4S

    Hostile bidder’s move may pave way for rival Allied Universal to buy UK security group

  • Thursday, 24 December, 2020
    Due Diligence
    Private equity and hedge funds: an especially wild year in review Premium

    Needless to say, it’s been a mad year in the realm of alternative investments

  • Wednesday, 9 December, 2020
    G4S PLC
    GardaWorld considers re-entering battle for G4S

    Canadian group weighs higher offer even though board of UK company has accepted rival bid

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    City Bulletin
    City Bulletin: GardaWorld ups its bid for G4S Premium

    GardaWorld raises G4S bid, Salesforce snaps up Slack, FTSE 100 feels loved

  • Wednesday, 2 December, 2020
    G4S PLC
    GardaWorld raises bid for G4S in bitter takeover battle

    Canadian group makes final £3.7bn offer for world’s largest security company

  • Wednesday, 11 November, 2020
    Mergers & Acquisitions
    GardaWorld clears competition hurdles in hostile bid for G4S

    Canadian group says there will be no regulatory investigations in US and Canada

  • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
    G4S PLC
    G4S staff call for job security regardless of takeover outcome

    In a letter to company and hostile predator GardaWorld, employees warn they cannot endure higher workloads

  • Saturday, 17 October, 2020
    G4S PLC
    Advisers to G4S bidder GardaWorld in line for £312m payday

    Canadian security group releases offer document on £3bn hostile takeover bid for UK rival

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  • Tuesday, 6 October, 2020
    G4S PLC
    GardaWorld steps up campaign against G4S in takeover battle

    Canadian security group meets investors in effort to force rival to accept 190p a share

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    G4S PLC
    GardaWorld makes formal £3bn hostile takeover bid for G4S

    Canadian group says UK security company needs fresh management to deal with ‘scandals’ and ‘crises’

  • Wednesday, 30 September, 2020
    LexG4S PLC
    G4S/GardaWorld: prisoner’s dilemma Premium

    Higher offer is needed before UK security group should agree to come quietly

  • Monday, 21 September, 2020
    G4S PLC
    G4S steps up fight against hostile takeover by Canadian rival

    Group highlights earnings resilience despite Covid-19 in push to persuade investors against GardaWorld offer

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    News in-depth
    Stephan Crétier: the security boss with his eyes on the G4S prize

    Man behind hostile bid for world’s biggest security group built rival GardaWorld from scratch starting with C$25,000 in 1995

  • Friday, 18 September, 2020
    G4S PLC
    G4S open to higher bids as security group faces £3bn hostile approach

    Largest shareholder Schroders says it would be willing to consider sweeter offer

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    LombardCat Rutter Pooley
    GardaWorld’s revived bid for G4S is cheap but at least credible

    Canadian company has more financial firepower; do-gooding councils face reality of retail energy war

  • Monday, 14 September, 2020
    G4S PLC
    G4S faces £3bn hostile takeover bid from private equity-backed group

    UK security company has ‘dismissed or ignored’ 3 approaches in 3 months, says BC Partners

  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    LombardMatthew Vincent
    GardaWorld’s £3bn bid for G4S seems a phoney war

    Pub talk spurs ‘additional expressions of interest’ for UK group’s Cash Solutions business

  • Tuesday, 7 May, 2019
    G4S PLC
    G4S shares fall as Canadian rival drops bid for security group

    Merger with GardaWorld would have created a global security giant

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2019
    UK companies
    GardaWorld weighs bid for UK security group G4S

    British company’s shares surge higher as Canadian rival considers approach

  • Wednesday, 10 April, 2019
    LexMergers & Acquisitions
    G4S/Garda World: maple leaf rag Premium

    Canadian bid for security group unlikely to catch investors off guard

  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2014
    World
    Scandal claims Ireland’s top policeman
  • Friday, 14 February, 2014
    ObituaryFood & Drink
    Obituary: Jean-Paul Gardère, winemaker, 1920-2014

    Savvy son of the Médoc soil who restored lustre to Latour

  • Monday, 21 October, 2013
    Markets
    G4S enjoys relief rally on M&A hopes
  • Thursday, 20 December, 2012
    Private equity
    Europe’s buyout groups turn to the US
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