Fri, 25th Sep 2020 12:38
LONDON, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Shares in William Hill
surged over 20% on Friday after a news report by Bloomberg said
the UK bookmaker had been approached by private equity firm
Apollo Global Management for a potential acquisition.
Representatives for William Hill and Apollo Global
Management did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
At 1156 GMT, William Hill shares were trading up 19% at
259.3 pence.
(Reporting by Julien Ponthus, Editing by Abhinav Ramnarayan)
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