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Ladbrokes-Coral offers shops to Betfred and Stan James
17 October 2016
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Ladbrokes and Coral have actually consented to offer 359 stores to rival betting firms in what they say is the "last substantial difficulty" for their ₤ 2.7 bn merger.
Betfred, owned by billionaire Fred Done, will buy 322 shops and Stan James the other 37 for an overall of ₤ 55.5 m.
Competition regulators ruled in July that Ladbrokes and Coral should sell 350-400 purchase their merger to be cleared.
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The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will now evaluate the store offers, external.
Jim Mullen, the primary executive of Ladbrokes, stated: "The sale of these shops will clear the yohaig code last significant obstacle to providing on the merger with Coral and paves the method for our focus on conclusion and quickly providing on the chances the merger offers."
the yohaig code 2 bookies stated they would look for approval from the CMA to complete the merger once they sell one further store.
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Market leader
Ladbrokes and Gala Coral are the UK's 2nd and third largest retail betting companies, behind William Hill.
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Ladbrokes has about 2,150 outlets in Britain and 77 in Northern Ireland. Coral runs 1,850 stores in Britain.
A merger in between the 2 would make them the UK's largest High Street bookie.
However, William Hill is seeking its own tie-up with Canadian operator Amaya, owner of the PokerStars franchise, to stay up to date with the yohaig code competitors and strengthen its online offering.
It was commonly reported, external over the weekend that prepares to push ahead with the yohaig code ₤ 4.5 bn deal in spite of misgivings from its biggest shareholder.
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