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Countrywide Share Price Explodes on Takeover Bid From Connells

Nigel Firth
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Updated 9 Nov 2020

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Shares of Countrywide PLC ORD (LON: CWD) skyrocketed on Monday morning after the company said that real estate management firm Connells has made a takeover bid.

The offer is work 250p a share in cash and values Countrywide at more than £90 million. This is significantly higher than Friday’s closing price of 145p.

“The approach is at an early stage and Connells Limited has indicated that any offer is conditional upon, amongst other things, completion of confirmatory due diligence and the recommendation of the board of Countrywide,” the company said in the statement.

“There can be no certainty that an offer will be made, nor as to the terms of any such offer, should one be made,” it added.

Connells’ offer comes less than a year after Countrywide and LSL Property Services discussed a possible merger. However, these talks ended without an agreement.

Countrywide share price erupts on a takeover bid November 2020

Countrywide share price exploded 57% to trade at 228 earlier this morning.

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Nigel Firth
Nigel has been in the regulated financial services industry for nearly a decade, has previously owned a financial brokerage and has written many times for sites relating to personal finance and trading.