Reborn Capital Madman

John Craven, who was packaged and bought together with Phoenix Securities Company, was adjusting his social relationship from party B to colleague, and came to work to seize control of the Dadong Telegraph Group.

After reading the mission description, John Craven immediately became excited. After all, a lone wolf is not as good as a team. There is a large epic dungeon to fight so soon.

According to Gao Xian's instructions, Gao Yi did not serve as the financial advisor for this acquisition, and the investment banking role was handed over to Morgan Grenfell.

The reason is not that Gaoyi cannot do it, but that it is more suitable for Gaoyi to stay behind the scenes, at least on the surface, to "avoid suspicion". At this stage, Morgan Grenfell and Gaoyi are close collaborators, and it is useful to give each other business.

It's easy and a favor, so why not do it.

In addition, we must admit that although Morgan Grenfell, headquartered in London, has separated from the Morgan consortium, it has been entrenched in the City of London for many years, and its advantages, including government relations and industry experience, are quite obvious.

After receiving this order, Christopher Reeves, Chairman and CEO of Morgan Grenfell, took it very seriously and attended the meeting in person.

He looked at Newbikin and John Craven and said with a smile: "Sir Gao has already said hello to me, but he didn't tell me the details, so I have to ask you two to put forward specific requirements."

Newbijian first said: "The acquisition of Cable and Telegraph Group should be done as quickly as possible without delay. The key is to obtain control of Cable and Telegraph Group and let the greedy and greedy people headed by Sir Michael Edwards, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cable and Telegraph Group

Diehards, step down and get out."

Christopher Reeves nodded slightly, turned to John Craven, and the other party said: "We only pay attention to the Xiangjiang Dadong Telegraph Company, a subsidiary of the Dadong Telegraph Group, and the Xiangjiang Telephone Company, which has the status of a major shareholder of the Xiangjiang Dadong Telegraph Company.

The company is bound to win, so it has a very open mind on how to dispose of other assets after the successful acquisition of Dadong Telegraph Group."

"Including splitting and selling?" Christopher Reeves' eyes lit up when he heard this, and he subconsciously leaned forward.

"Of course." John Craven gave a confirmed answer, "Cathedral Telegraph Group's main assets and income come from British overseas subsidiaries in those former British colonial island countries. Even though they have the advantage of local telecommunications franchises,

It’s not very attractive to us, does Morgan Grenfell have any ideas?”

"Some private equity investment funds in the United States must be quite interested in Dadong Cable Group's business in some Caribbean island countries." Christopher Reeves' answer was full of excitement, because the principles for disposing of Dadong Cable Group's other assets are so open.

If so, then Morgan Grenfell's business is not limited to assisting Sir Gao in acquisitions and mergers.

John Craven had no objection, "Just as Sir Newbigan said just now, the acquisition can be done as quickly as possible. Sir Gao does not want to waste energy needlessly on the Cable and Telegraph Group."

Morgan Grenfell, which was stimulated to a higher level of enthusiasm, immediately put all its efforts into acquiring the Cable Telegraph Group. Christopher Reeves even continued to personally take action to contact the British government to eliminate resistance to political governance.

In terms of relationship, British Telecom is the biological son. Before it was privatized, it was fully owned by the British government and was under the postal department. Before the Dadong Telegraph Group was privatized, the British government held more than 50% of the shares.

One share. Therefore, what the British government is really concerned about is how much of a catfish effect the newly established Mercury Communications of Cable Group can exert to bring up the stock price of British Telecom, so that the remaining shares in the hands of the British government can be

British Telecom shares will be sold at a good price in the future.

After Christopher Reeves quickly and accurately grasped the attitude of the British government, he gave a clear guarantee that the assets of Cable and Telegraph Group in the UK were mainly reflected in the subsidiary Mercury Communications. As a subsidiary of British Telecom,

Competitors are not listed companies, but are still constrained by the groups above, and their development is hampered. After completing the acquisition of Dadong Telegraph Group, Mercury Communications' status will immediately improve, and may even replace Dadong Telegraph Group's listing on the London Stock Exchange.

status and operate independently.

The British government could find no fault with this arrangement, so it acquiesced. Then you just play according to the market rules.

John Craven, with the assistance of Morgan Grenfell, relied on his strong financial resources and connections to acquire 24% of the shares of Dadong Telegraph Group with lightning speed, mainly from institutions.

Christopher Reeves, an experienced man, gave advice tactfully and immediately requested to join the board of directors of Dadong Telegraph Group. Internal corporate governance and external capital operations went hand in hand to achieve the goal of gaining control of Dadong Telegraph Group as soon as possible.

Fortunately, the impatient Sir Gao showed off that although Morgan Grenfell wanted to strengthen its own capital through external financing, its foundation should not be underestimated.

Without saying a word, Newbijian led his people straight to the Cable and Telegraph Group. He met Sir Michael Edwards, chairman of the board of directors of the Cable and Telegraph Group, who was investigating changes in the stock price of the Cable and Telegraph Group. He said frankly that we should discuss it and I will do it.

Be the chairman of this board of directors.

Michael Edwards was furious. It turns out that the change in the stock price of Dadong Telegraph Group was caused by you! It’s ridiculous, do you think this is Hong Kong? I have many ways to counter the takeover.

Newbijian sneered proudly, "Who are you bluffing? I want to see if your anti-takeover method can be passed by the board of directors."

In fact, many shareholders of the Dadong Telegraph Group were quite satisfied with Newbikin's plan to acquire Xiangjiang Dadong Telegraph Company, because the situation is stronger than the people, and Xiangjiang has entered a transitional period, like the telecommunications industry with its own special attributes.

To put it nicely, localization must be carried out. The trend of British capital withdrawing cannot be changed, so it is better to simply cash out and let the money fall into the pocket.

But Michael Edwards and his gang thought they could play a trick and take advantage of the wealthy locals in Hong Kong. Those who had different opinions just followed the crowd. There was more money to be had, so who would refuse?

Unexpectedly, Michael Edwards messed up and they simply forcibly acquired the Dadong Telegraph Group.

Michael Edwards thought he could resist, but he misjudged the madness of the current capital market.

You must know that due to the influence of the Plaza Accord, the current capital market has witnessed the rise of many heroes, and countless private equity funds with various backgrounds have emerged.

After Christopher Reeves spread the word in the circle about breaking up the Great Eastern Telegraph Group, the wolf pack was assembled in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that the situation was over so quickly, Michael Edwards had no choice but to step off the stage in despair.

There are still intrigues surrounding the Xiangjiang Telephone Company and even the Xiangjiang Dadong Telegraph Company. Suddenly news came from London that Niubijian became the chairman of the board of directors of the Dadong Telegraph Group. What is going on?

There was even more jaw-dropping news later. According to insiders, after comprehensive calculation, Phoenix Investment Company actually spent only 100 million pounds to obtain control of Dadong Telegraph Group!