Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) announced today that Richard Moross has voiced his intentions to step down as a non-executive director at this year's annual general meeting, to be held on May 5, 2016. Mr Moross will not seek re-election as a Director at the AGM. Mr Moross joined Ladbrokes' Board in 2012. He is a digital…
Read moreThe UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today referred the proposed merger of gaming and betting provider Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) and certain businesses of Gala Coral Group Limited, including Coral Retail, Eurobet Retail and Gala Coral’s online businesses for an in-depth phase 2 investigation. The CMA started its phase 1 investigation on December 16, 2015 and…
Read moreThe UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today announced an invitation to comment on the proposed merger of gaming and betting provider Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) and certain businesses of Gala Coral Group Limited, including Coral Retail, Eurobet Retail and Gala Coral’s online businesses. As usual, the CMA is considering whether this transaction will result in the…
Read moreGaming and betting provider Ladbrokes PLC (LON:LAD) today provided a report of a transaction in its shares that took place on December 9, 2015. John Kelly, the newly appointed Chairman of Ladbrokes, acquired 30,000 shares in the company. The price paid per share was 116.02p. Non-executive director Mark Pain also bought shares in Ladbrokes yesterday. He…
Read moreLadbrokes PLC (LON:LAD), a gaming and betting provider, today had to defend the rationale for the proposed merger with the Coral Group, following stark criticism from one of Ladbrokes' shareholders - Dermot Desmond. Mr Desmond has published an open letter slamming the proposed deal and simply calling it “bad”. His arguments include what has already become…
Read moreThe departure of Ian Bull is related to the merger of Ladbrokes and Coral Group.
Read moreDarren Shapland will retire from the Ladbrokes' Board on September 24, 2015, after serving six years as a non-executive director.
Read moreThe agreement was reached with regards to the proposed merger of the Ladbrokes Group and the Coral Group and is conditional upon completion of this merger.
Read moreOne of the cardinal rules of investing is 'Buy the Rumor, Sell the News'. As such, conventional wisdom might have led us to believe that - after a runup in its share price leading to the announcement yesterday of its first half 2014 results - there might be a post-announcement letdown in the share price…
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