Next Fifteen ends M&C Saatchi bid after shareholder opposition
Reuters
Published Oct 31, 2022 13:16
(Reuters) - Consultancy Next Fifteen Communications has terminated its takeover offer of M&C Saatchi after the required majority of the British advertising group's shareholders did not vote in favour of the proposal at a court meeting on Monday.
Amid a bidding war that also previously involved its biggest shareholder, M&C withdrew support for Next Fifteen's offer of $381 million in June and later warned it might not gain investor support but agreed to reconvene meetings on Oct. 31.
M&C also scrapped a general meeting scheduled to vote on Next Fifteen's proposal after the offer lapsed, and declared it was no longer in an offer period under British takeover rules after a bid from its top investor, Vin Murria's AdvancedadvT (ADV) investment vehicle, also lapsed last month.
"Following the lapse of both the Next 15 Offer and the ADV Offer, the M&C Saatchi Directors look forward to continuing the implementation of M&C Saatchi's strategy as an independent business," the company said in a statement.
In a separate statement, Next Fifteen also expressed confidence in its own future prospects.
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