G4S further pleas with shareholders to reject 190p GardaWorld offer
29th Oct 2020 08:35
(Sharecast News) - G4S issued a further plea to shareholders to reject the unsolicited offer for the company from privately-held Canadian firm GardaWorld on Thursday, reiterating that it believed the 190p-per-share offer "significantly undervalues" G4S, describing it as "nowhere near a full and fair price".
Read moreG4S again rejects Gardaworld £3bn bid
19th Oct 2020 07:17
(Sharecast News) - Security firm G4S on Monday again rejected GardaWorld's £3bn offer as the Canadian company posted full details of its 190p-a-share bid.
Read moreG4S nine-month earnings rise amid tight cost control
14th Oct 2020 08:17
(Sharecast News) - Security services firm G4S said on Wednesday that underlying earnings in the first nine months of 2020 remain ahead of last year as a decline in revenue was offset by cost control and reduced interest costs.
Read moreG4S rejects Gardaworld's latest attempt to woo shareholders
7th Oct 2020 09:12
(Sharecast News) - G4S again rejected GardaWorld's takeover offer, berating claims made on Tuesday by the Canadian firm about the security company's pension fund as misleading.
Read moreWednesday newspaper round-up: Lockdown rules, Coronavirus passport, G4S
7th Oct 2020 06:26
(Sharecast News) - A Cabinet row has thrown a major overhaul of local lockdown rules into disarray as the leaders of the worst-affected cities warned that the current measures are "not working". A "traffic light" system of different levels of restrictions was due to be announced on Wednesday - but an intervention by Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, is threatening to delay the plans. - Daily Telegraph
Read moreG4S rejects new £2.97bn bid from Gardaworld
30th Sep 2020 14:30
(Sharecast News) - Security group G4S on Wednesday rejected £2.97bn cash offer from rival GardaWorld as "opportunistic", having rebuffed an earlier similar bid from the Canadian outfit.
Read moreG4S hails 'resilient' revenues as earnings rise
21st Sep 2020 07:36
(Sharecast News) - Security services firm G4S said on Monday that its revenues have remained "resilient" for the first eight months of the year following a strong performance in the first half of 2020.
Read moreTuesday broker round-up
15th Sep 2020 13:47
(Sharecast News) - Glencore: RBC Capital Markets upgrades to outperform with a target price of 240.0p
Read moreGardaWorld offer does not reflect growth prospects, says G4S
15th Sep 2020 12:41
(Sharecast News) - Security services firm G4S reiterated on Tuesday that Canadian rival GardaWorld's 190p a share hostile bid for the company was "highly opportunistic", particularly given that it comes at "a critical inflexion point" in the execution of its corporate strategy.
Read moreG4S rejects £3bn bid from Canada's GardaWorld
14th Sep 2020 11:01
(Sharecast News) - Security services firm G4S confirmed on Monday that it had rejected a hostile 190p a share bid from privately-owned Canadian rival GardaWorld, saying it "significantly" undervalues the business and dismissing it as "highly opportunistic".
Read moreFriday broker round-up
24th Jul 2020 13:59
(Sharecast News) - Unilever: Barclays upgrades to overweight with a target price of 5,470.0p.
Read moreG4S beats H1 estimates, sees more demand for thermal cameras, screening staff
23rd Jul 2020 10:54
(Sharecast News) - Security contractor G4S said on Thursday that it had beaten first-half profit forecasts and expects to see an increased demand for thermal cameras and screening personnel as the globe looks to adapt to a "new normal" in the post-coronavirus-related lockdown world.
Read moreFTSE 250 movers: G4S rallies; transport operators fall
13th Jul 2020 15:06
(Sharecast News) - London's FTSE 250 was up 1.1% at 17,365.48 in afternoon trade on Monday.
Read moreG4S first-half profit to beat expectations
13th Jul 2020 07:02
(Sharecast News) - G4S said first-half profit would be well ahead of expectations and that it would bring forward its results announcement to the week beginning 20 July.
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
8th Jul 2020 14:03
(Sharecast News) - Persimmon: Peel Hunt upgrades to add with a target price of 2,730.0p.
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