Julian Roberts Quotes (6 Quotes)

We have done a very considerable due diligence. We have spent a lot of time with the local management and have got a good understanding of the positioning of the brand and the positioning of the business in Sweden.

The (threshold in the) prospectus is at 90 percent. We want the whole of the company,

In many respects we have bought companies that are fundamentally strong, but have issues that we believe our management and our expertise can help resolve,

We will wait to see whether we get to 75, when we get the extra 10m of tax synergies.

We won't go hostile. We want to own the whole of the business. Therefore we want to own over 90 percent in order to squeeze out the minorities.

The three top shareholders (Fidelity, Cevian and Burdaras) are very much in favor of the transaction. We are confident that the compelling logic of the transaction is coming through,