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KCOM goes (for the final time) to Macquarie for £627m in Takeover Panel-managed auction

16 July 2019 • 2 min read

KCOM auction adds £123m to price on opening offer filed in April

Hull-based telecoms company KCOM has finally been sold for £627 million - a 24 per cent increase on the initial £504 million offered by Humber Bidco back in April. And that opening bid had repre...

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