Intertek poised to accept £10bn offer in blow to FTSE 100

City AM — May 13, 07:13 AM

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FTSE 100 giant Intertek is poised to accept a £10bn offer from a Swedish private equity firm after months of uncertainty, in what would be a huge blow to the London Stock Exchange.

The testing and quality assurance firm said on Wednesday morning that it “would be minded” to recommend the latest offer from EQT https://www.cityam.com/intertek-poised-to-accept-10bn-offer-in-blow-to-ftse-100/">[...]

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