US antitrust review’s green light for £346m private equity takeover of Gooch & Housego
The £346m takeover of South West specialist engineering company Gooch & Housego by a US private equity firm has cleared a major regulatory hurdle and is set to complete by the end of this year.
Arlington Capital Partners pounced for the historic Ilminster, Somerset-based photonics firm in July with its offer having previously made a series of unsolicited proposals to G&H’s board, which were rejected.
The deal, which was recommended by Gooch & Housego’s board, became subject to the HSR (Hart-Scott-Rodino) waiting... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...
