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Laird Disposes Of Korean Prototyping Business To Hankook Tire

LONDON (Alliance News) - Electronics firm Laird PLC on Thursday said it has sold its 51% holding in its South Korean prototyping business to Hankook Tire Co Ltd for USD43.6 million.The sold

Laird First Quarter Revenue Grows As Takeover By Advent Progresses

LONDON (Alliance News) - Laird PLC said Friday that first quarter revenue grew 8% on an organic basis with growth across all divisions, as its GBP1.00 billion takeover by Advent International Corp

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Engineer Babcock Appoints Two New Non-Executive Directors

LONDON (Alliance News) - Engineering company Babcock International Group PLC said Friday that it has appointed Kjersti Wiklund and Lucy Dimes as independent non-executive am a

Advent to seek buyer for conveyor belt firm Ammeraal Beltech -sources

By Dasha Afanasieva and Clara Denina LONDON, March 7 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent has hired Goldman Sachs and Rothschild to sell Dutch conveyor belt company a

UPDATE 1-Advent Intl to buy UK tech firm Laird in $1.65 bln deal

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to buy British electronics and technology business Laird, the firms said on Thursday, valuing a

Advent International agrees $1.4 bln takeover of Laird

LONDON, March 1 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to buy British electronics and technology business Laird, the firms said on Thursday, valuing 1

Laird said to consider sale of precision metals division

(ShareCast News) - Laird is said to be considering the sale of one of its major divisions as it struggles to turn its business around. According to The Telegraph, the FTSE 250 electronics component maker, whose shares have fallen sharply since its profit warning in October and rights issue in Decemb

Laird reiterates full-year expectations, on track for rights issue

(ShareCast News) - Laird, whose shares tumbled back in October after a profit warning, reiterated its full-year expectations on Tuesday as it said it was on track to announce a proposed rights issue to raise up to £185m to shore up its balance sheet. The technology company said trading for the ye

UPDATE 3-British aerospace company Cobham misses profit target, scraps dividend

* Early readout puts trading profit at 245 mln stg * Group's already lowered target range was 255-275 mln stg * Scraps dividend after poor result on profit and debt * Shares fall as much as 21 pct (Adds CEO, CFO comments from analyst call) By Paul Sandle LONDON, Ja

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Laird to raise £185m through a rights issue, scraps final dividend

(ShareCast News) - Electronics company Laird is to raise £185m through a rights issue and scrap its final dividend in a bid to strengthen its financial position. Through the rights issue, the company will offer shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their existing holdings in the first qua

Anglo American leads Britain's FTSE higher, Whitbread slides

* FTSE 100 index up 0.5 pct at close * Anglo American leads market higher * Whitbread falls after update * Broker downgrades weigh on midcaps (Adds detail and quote, updates prices at close) By Kit Rees and Atul Prakash LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Britain's top shar

GRAPHIC-Downgrades, profit warnings ring Brexit alarms for UK mid-caps

* FTSE 250 vs FTSE 100: http://reut.rs/2eCvwk9 * Profit warnings spark broker downgrades * Earnings disappointments lead to outsized moves * Senior, Cobham, Laird among midcaps warning on profits By Kit Rees LONDON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - A spate of profit warnings among

Tuesday broker round-up

(ShareCast News) - Segro: Barclays keeps at overweight with a target price of 520p. Howden Joinery: Berenberg downgrades to hold, 450p target. Standard Chartered: Deutsche Bank reiterates sell with a 574p target. Cobham: UBS reiterates neutral with a 160p target. Cobham: Barclays reiterates equal