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...Analysts often cite Bacardi, where the family shareholders consist of hundreds of people, as one where change could come in the form of a public listing....
...Deals include Dominion Energy’s $14.6bn takeover of US utility group Scana, French drugmaker Sanofi’s $11.4bn purchase of biotech Bioverativ and Bacardi’s $5.1bn acquisition of the company that makes Patrón...
...It has also appointed a new global chief marketing officer, Silvia Lagnado, who worked at Unilever and spirits maker Bacardi....
...Some say Brown-Forman and Bacardi might make a good match. Both are family owned and already have a distribution deal. Others are convinced the company has become a target of Diageo and Pernod....
...In the past decade or so, Beam acquired the Sauza distillery, the country’s number two producer; Bacardi now owns the Cazadores tequila producer; and Brown Forman, which produces Jack Daniels whisky, now...
...Bacardi has remained in family hands for the best part of two centuries, including turbulent times such as the Cuban revolution....
...The US group’s controlling shareholders have been rumoured to be open to a sale or disposal, with Bacardi also linked with an interest....
...The selected bidders – Fortune Brands, Pernod Ricard, Bacardi and private equity group EQT in co-operation with investment firm Investor – were widely seen as the front-runners to buy Vin & Sprit....
...Bacardi is a good example with additional flavours to complement the core white rum....
...Bacardi, Diageo and Fortune Brands are all thought to be interested in Vin & Spirit which is worth about $6bn....
...Companies considered as potential targets by Allied have included Pernod, Bacardi, Brown-Forman and Remy Cointreau....
...Allied is too big for either Constellation Brands, Brown-Forman or Bacardi. Teaming up could solve their financing difficulties especially if they also line up other buyers....
...Bacardi has a complicated family shareholding structure and has already expended a lot of firepower on acquisitions. Brown-Forman could be the one of the most credible partners....
...Rodney: What, that bird from culture who's down the Nag's Head all hours drinking Bacardi breezers and playing the fruity....
...The deal could spark further consolidation in the spirits industry, with companies such as Bacardi, Brown-Forman and Constellation having a much smaller market share than Diageo or a combined Pernod/Allied...
...The US private equity firm hired Javier Ferran, the former chief executive of Bacardi, last year. He could lead any potential offer for Allied....
...Analysts said a deal for Allied could be worth 650p a share, about £7.2m, particularly if a counter-bid emerged from Bacardi and Brown-Foreman of the US....
...Analysts and bankers said Brown-Forman, the US maker of Jack Daniels, and Bacardi-Martini, the rum maker, were among the most likely bidders after the controlling Macdonald family revealed it intended to...
...There was a shock for the miners after Aluminum Corp of China, the world’s second-largest alumina producer, undershot first-half profit expectations....
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