US 私的な 公正,普通株主権 巨大(な) in £1.3bn 急襲する for troubled music 基金 Hipgnosis

Hipgnosis has 支援するd a £1.3billion 申し込む/申し出 from US 私的な 公正,普通株主権 in the 最新の 脚 of a drawn out bidding war for the beleaguered music 基金.

As the City is gripped by a wave of 引き継ぎ/買収 activity, the FTSE 250 group 受託するd a 104p a 株 企て,努力,提案 from Blackstone.

That was more than the 99p a 株 Blackstone 提案するd last week and (太陽,月の)食/失墜d two 競争相手 申し込む/申し出s from US music 基金 Concord.

Hipgnosis, which owns the 権利s to music 目録s from the likes of Beyonce and Blondie, looks 始める,決める to 落ちる into 私的な 公正,普通株主権 手渡すs ? unless Concord or another 入札者 comes 支援する with an 改善するd 申し込む/申し出.

Hipgnosis ? 設立するd by Merck Mercuriadis and Chic funk guitarist Nile Rodgers ? is just the 最新の London-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d company to be 的d by a foreign 買い手.

Hipgnosis ? founded by Merck Mercuriadis and Chic funk guitarist Nile Rodgers (pictured) ? is? the latest London-listed company to be targeted by a foreign buyer.

Hipgnosis ? 設立するd by Merck Mercuriadis and Chic funk guitarist Nile Rodgers (pictured) ? is? the 最新の London-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d company to be 的d by a foreign 買い手.

Cyber-安全 group Darktrace 支援するd a £4.25billion 引き継ぎ/買収 by US 私的な 公正,普通株主権 会社/堅い Thoma Bravo last week, Australian 採掘 巨大(な) BHP is in 会談 to buy Anglo American and Czech 億万長者 Daniel Kretinsky is 注目する,もくろむing 王室の Mail owner International 配当s Services.

A host of others have also agreed to be bought, 含むing FTSE 100 一括ing group DS Smith, haulier Wincanton and 建設業者 Redrow ? meaning they will leave the UK 株式市場.

The exodus ? at a time when of very few companies are 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)ing their 株 in London ? has 誘発するd 恐れるs over the health of the 株式市場 and the City.

‘There will be fresh 手渡す-wringing in the City about the extent of the exodus from London,’ said Susannah Streeter, an 分析家 at 仲買人 Hargreaves Lansdown.

But she 追加するd that Blackstone’s 申し込む/申し出 would be ‘music to the ears for 株主s’.

The 在庫/株 has risen more than 80 per cent since 早期に March but remains some 20 per cent below the 頂点(に達する) in late 2021.?

分析家s at Liberum said: ‘We believe the Blackstone 申し込む/申し出 代表するs an attractive one for 株主s and should bring to an end what has been 大部分は a painful saga.’

引き継ぎ/買収 talk for Hipgnosis kicked off earlier this month when Nashville-based Concord, which is 存在 支援するd by 私的な 公正,普通株主権 会社/堅い Apollo, 申し込む/申し出d 93p per 株 for Hipgnosis ? valuing it at around £1billion.?

Concord later 引き上げ(る)d this 申し込む/申し出 to around £1.2billion に引き続いて 利益/興味 from Blackstone. The 最新の 押し進める by Blackstone puts it in 有利な立場(位置).

Qasim Abbas, 上級の managing director of Blackstone, said: ‘The 申し込む/申し出 is the result of 広範囲にわたる discussion and 交渉s with the [Hipgnosis] board and 供給するs 株主s the certainty of cash today.’

Concord will decide whether to raise its 申し込む/申し出 or walk away. Hipgnosis 株 辛勝する/優位d up 0.4 per cent.