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• Kraft Starts Clock on Unchanged Cadbury Bid

  ReutersUK - 2009-12-04

  By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods KFT posted its offer to Cadbury CBRY shareholders with terms unchanged on Friday, triggering a two-month takeover fight for the chocolate maker and a frosty response from Britain.As the battle got under way in earnest, a source close to...

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• Kraft Expected to Post Cadbury Bid Friday

  ReutersUK - 2009-12-04

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods KFT will post its offer document to Cadbury Plc CBRY shareholders on Friday, triggering a two-month 9.8 billion pound takeover fight, sources with knowledge of the situation said on Thursday.The American food giant has until December 7 to publish its offer document, but the...

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• Kraft Still Favorite For Cadbury Deal: Bernstein

  Reuters - 2009-12-01

  LONDON (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT is favorite to take over Cadbury Plc CBRY despite interest from Hershey Co HSY and Ferrero, and talk of Nestle SA NESN involvement, said analyst Andrew Wood at Sanford Bernstein."Kraft is still the favorite to get the deal done ... but not at...

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• Hershey Seen as Cadbury Saviour Only by Playing a Waiting Game

  BNET - 2009-11-23

  Cadbury is in danger of casting Kraft as the repellent opportunist and Hershey as its white knight but you can't help wondering whether, if Hershey had bid first, then Kraft would be seen as the rescuer. If a hostile bid is an offer from an opportunist company...

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• Cadbury Prefers Merger With Hershey

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-22

  LONDON (Reuters UK) - Cadbury Plc CBRY would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY rather than Kraft Foods Inc KFT, the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph.However, he said both U.S. groups would fail if they cannot finance generous bids, the paper reported.Hershey...

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• Cadbury Prefers Merger With Hershey Over Kraft: Report

  Reuters - 2009-11-22

  LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc CBRY would prefer a merger with U.S. chocolate maker Hershey Co HSY rather than Kraft Foods Inc KFT, the British company's chairman Roger Carr told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper.However, he said both U.S. groups would fail if they cannot finance generous bids, the paper reported.Hershey...

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• Ferrero, Hershey Weigh Cadbury Split - Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica Hall and Victoria HowleyPHILADELPHIA/LONDON (Reuters) - Cadbury Plc CBRY suitors Ferrero and Hershey Co HSY have weighed breaking the UK confectioner up into separate businesses as part of a friendly, all-cash bid, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.Italian chocolate maker Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey said...

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• Ferrero, Hershey Weigh Cadbury Split-source

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-20

  By Jessica Hall and Victoria HowleyPHILADELPHIA/LONDON (Reuters UK) - Cadbury Plc CBRY suitors Ferrero and Hershey Co HSY have weighed breaking the UK confectioner up into separate businesses as part of a friendly, all-cash bid, a source familiar with the situation said on Friday.Italian chocolate maker Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey...

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• Ferrero, Hershey Mull Cadbury Bid, Kraft Seen No.1

  Reuters - 2009-11-19

  By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters) - Italy's Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey Co are considering a bid for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY, but Kraft Foods Inc KFT is still seen as the front-runner with its $16.8 billion hostile offer.Hershey HSY and family-owned Ferrero, the maker of Nutella chocolate spread,...

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• Kraft Seen as Cadbury Front-runner

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-18

  By David Jones and Brad DorfmanLONDON/CHICAGO (Reuters UK) - Italy's Ferrero and U.S.-based Hershey Co are considering a bid for chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY, but Kraft Foods Inc KFT is still seen as the front-runner with its $16.8 billion (10.2 billion pounds) hostile offer.Hershey HSY and family-owned Ferrero, the maker...

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