United Biscuits is understood to have received first-round takeover bids valuing the UK biscuit maker “north” of GBP2bn (US$3.3bn).
just-food understands that the auction has now progressed to the second stage. The firm has attracted a “good” level of interest with “several” potential buyers in the running.
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Reports have suggested Kellogg is among the bidders, alongside Uk rival Burton’s Biscuit Co. – owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan – and Turkish food group Ulker.
However, a source close to the situation told just-food UB’s owners, Blackstone Group and PAI Parters, are still “very much” pursuing the possibility of floating the McVitie’s-to-Jacob’s biscuit maker. The private-equity firms are looking at the most profitable way to exit the investment and a float is still on the cards, the source suggested.
Blackstone, PAI and Ontario Teachers’ declined to comment while Kellogg and Ulker did not respond immediately to requests for comment.
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