Private-equity takeover bid for Unilever? Talk of takeover target boosts share prices
Once again there's speculation among financial analysts that private-equity funds may attempt a leveraged buyout of Unilever. According to various business news reports, talk of a takeover caused a surge in share prices.
This also happened in March 2006, when financial market analysts speculated that Goldman Sachs was putting together a group of private-equity funds to make a £30 billion bid for Unilever in its entirety and taking the company private.
For more news see:
Andrew Dewson, 'Market Report: Unilever up on fresh talk of private equity bid', THE INDEPENDENT, 16 March 2007.
Unilever up on Private Equity Interest Talk - Dealers, Reuters (16 March 2007)
Also see our previous update on the speculation of a Goldman Sachs-led buyout in 2006: A Goldman Sachs buyout of Unilever?