Alliance Boots auction

Published April 23rd, 2007


The auction for Alliance Boots could have further to run. Terra Firma believes it will be able to submit a firm £10.9bn ($21.8bn) offer but will then face a higher counterbid from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, its rival private equity s

Competing bids from a consortium of KKR and Stefano Pessina, executive deputy chairman of Alliance Boots, and a rival team of Terra Firma, the Wellcome Trust and HBOS ignited an auction on Friday.





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