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...Among recent companies to succumb to creditors include Envision Healthcare, Vice Media and Kidde-Fenwal, a maker of fire control systems facing thousands of lawsuits over its use of so-called forever chemicals...
...Recent companies to succumb to creditors include Envision Healthcare, Vice Media and Kidde-Fenwal, a maker of fire control systems facing thousands of lawsuits over its use of so-called forever chemicals...
...Mr Carr formed part of a trio, including Brian McGowan and Sir Nigel Rudd, that elevated Williams into the FTSE 100, by acquiring companies ranging from Kidde, the fire protection specialist, to Chubb, the...
...People close to the situation said the discussions between GE and UTC, which owns Kidde fire systems and Chubb locks, were advanced but the deal could still collapse....
...He spent most of the 1980s and 1990s building up Williams, only to break it up into Chubb and Kidde in 2000....
...In 2004, UTC bought fire protection specialist Kidde for £1.4bn and Danahar beat off US peer Illinois Tool Works to buy printing equipment maker Linx for £85.7m....
...Since 2003 the conglomerate United Technologies has bought Chubb then Kidde. Both were once part of Williams, another, now dismantled, conglomerate....
...Kidde was rewarded for negotiating hard with United Technologies....
...WFEL became part of United Technologies when the US defence company acquired Kidde in 2005, but Dunedin, the private equity house, has now backed a £48m management buy-out, bringing WFEL back into British...
...How about Morgan Crucible, Domnick Hunter, First Technology or Kidde?...
...Michael Harper, 60, a former chief executive of Kidde group who joined the BBA board as a non-executive director and as chairman designate in February last year, is stepping in temporarily to replace Mr...
...Kidde, the UK fire protection specialist, must have slightly red cheeks....
...UBS advised UTC on the deal, while Kidde was advised by Citigroup....
...Kidde firmed 2.8 per cent to 154¾p on hopes that UTC Technologies Corporation would make a revised offer for the UK group by a deadline of midday on Thursday....
...See more on Kidde Arla Foods gained 5.1 per cent to 57p after its Danish-Swedish dairy co-op parent announced plans to merge with Dutch peer Campina....
...been boosted by further bid activity on both sides of the Atlantic, including Johnson & Johnson's planned takeover of Guidant, Travis Perkin's acquisition of Wickes and UTC Technologies' agreed offer for Kidde.Gains...
...He added the agreed takeover offer for Kidde had encouraged further speculation about the next bid candidate in the sector....
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