Bidder list for Thyssenkrupp elevators down to two | Malay Mail

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FRANKFURT, Feb 17 — Struggling German steel-to-submarines industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp said today it had narrowed a list of potential buyers for its profitable elevator business down to two, not including competitor Kone. “The company has decided to prioritise further negotiations with...

A logo of ThyssenKrupp AG is pictured outside the ThyssenKrupp headquarters in Essen November 23, 2017. — Reuters pic

“The company has decided to prioritise further negotiations with two consortia of financial investors,” Thyssenkrupp said in a statement, adding it was “on the home stretch”. “The objective is to reach an agreement quickly on a majority or full sale,” Thyssenkrupp said, although “if no agreement can be reached with a bidder, an IPO remains an option.”

The group as a whole lost €304 million in its 2018-19 financial year, prompting chief executive Martina Merz to declare the elevators sale her “priority” in January.

 

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