Owners of Cobham get bumper payout from aerospace specialist, sparking renewed anger over £4bn takeover By Alex Lawson And Helen Cahill, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 17 July 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 17 July 2021 The US private equity owners of Cobham have received a bumper payout from the aerospace specialist, sparking … Read more
Another British engineer could be about to fall into foreign private equity hands after Cobham confirms it is eyeing up Ultra Electronics By Francesca Washtell And Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 25 June 2021 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 25 June 2021 Another prestigious British engineer could be about to fall into … Read more
New takeover rules came ‘too late’ to save my family’s aerospace firm, says Lady Cobham By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 GMT, 11 November 2020 | Updated: 22:30 GMT, 11 November 2020 Lady Cobham has lamented the fact that tough new takeover rules came too late to save the prestigious aerospace company … Read more
Lady Cobham has called on Ministers to intervene after the US owner of defence giant Cobham launched a major break-up of the £4billion British firm. City sources said private equity firm Advent had quietly sold off Cobham’s shareholding in a Royal Air Force refuelling company and appointed heavyweight bankers to sell its antenna manufacturing unit … Read more
Sell-off fear as Cobham’s new American owner splits defence giant up into nine divisions Advent International bought Cobham for £4billion earlier this year Cobham has been split in nine divisions; it was previously run as four divisions By Ben Harrington For The Mail On Sunday Published: 22:32 BST, 20 June 2020 | Updated: 22:32 BST, … Read more
Advent International – the buyout firm that acquired Cobham for £4bn – eyes up £1.5bn bid for Clinigen By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 13 June 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 13 June 2020 One of Britain’s most successful pharmaceutical entrepreneurs could be in line for a windfall after it emerged … Read more