UK pension fund in £500m buyout of KCOM

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Universities pension fund goes to Hull to buy communications minnow

KCOM, the Hull-based communications company that still enjoys a monopoly in the city in which it is based, has agreed a £504 million takeover deal by Humber Bidco, a wholly owned subsidiary of UK u...

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