Businessman’s Altice UK reiterates that it does not intend to make a bid for the British telecoms groupThe French billionaire Patrick Drahi has increased his stake in BT to more than 24%, but reiterated that he does not intend to make a bid to take over the £15bn British telecoms group.Drahi, who had control of an 18% stake through his subsidiary Altice UK, raised that position to 24.5% on Tuesday. Continue reading...
Wednesday 7 June 2023
theguardian - 15 days ago
French billionaire Patrick Drahi ups BT stake to more than 24%


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