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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...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Knight, Hershey, Kraft, Takeover History, Corporate Governance, Games, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Finance, Richard Northedge

• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid as Rivals Circle: Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-22

  By Jessica HallPHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT may raise its offer for British chocolatier Cadbury Plc CBRY or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.Kraft took a $16.8 billion hostile offer for Cadbury to shareholders...

  Tags: Offer, Kraft Foods Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Corporate Law, Alcon, Hershey Co.

• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid as Rivals Circle: Source

  Reuters - 2009-11-22

  PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters) - Kraft Foods Inc KFT may raise its offer for Cadbury Plc CBRY or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.Kraft made a $16.8 billion hostile offer to acquire U.K. confectioner Cadbury, but rivals such...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Hershey Co., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Ferrero

• Kraft Weighs Higher Cadbury Bid - Source

  ReutersUK - 2009-11-22

  PHILADELPHIA/ZURICH (Reuters UK) - Kraft Foods may raise its offer for Cadbury or offer more cash in its bid if rival takeover offers emerge, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.Kraft made a $16.8 billion (10.2 billion pound) hostile offer to acquire confectioner Cadbury, but rivals such as...

  Tags: Kraft Foods Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Hershey, Corporate Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Ferrero

• Kraft Bids Low and Plays Long in Cadbury Takeover

  BNET - 2009-11-09

  So far, so predictable -- Kraft came in with a bid for Cadbury, and Cadbury "emphatically rejected" it, with Cadbury's chairman calling the offer "derisory". Kraft will need to sweeten its bid to turn shareholders' heads. Kraft's offer today valued the UK chocolate company at £9.8bn or 717p a share,...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Financial Accounting, Finance, Joanna Higgins

• More Drama and Mixed Messages in Kraft-Cadbury Flirtation

  BNET - 2009-09-25

  In case there was any confusion about what Cadbury CEO Todd Stitzer meant when he said, "I would never say there's not some strategic sense in [Kraft and Cadbury] coming together," Cadbury has come forward to clarify things. Apparently Stitzer meant to add, "I mean, it's completely true; there's no...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Manufacturing, Finance, Katherine Glover

• Cadbury Warms to Kraft Bid, Pushes for Deadline

  BNET - 2009-09-22

  Cadbury chairman Roger Carr recently called Kraft an "unattractive," "low-growth conglomerate," but CEO Todd Stitzer apparently has a much better view of the company. "I would never say there's not some strategic sense in these businesses coming together," Stitzer told the Wall Street Journal. Kraft recently announced...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Takeover Panel, Mergers & Acquisitions, Food & Beverage, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Cadbury Chairman Insults Kraft in Open Letter

  BNET - 2009-09-14

  It wasn't enough for Cadbury to simply reject Kraft's surprise $16.7 billion takeover offer. Cadbury chairman Roger Carr had to spell out just how "unappealing" and "unattractive" he finds the prospect of a merger with "a low growth conglomerate" like Kraft. In an open letter to Kraft...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Investment, Mergers & Acquisitions, Food & Beverage, Finance, Manufacturing, Katherine Glover

• Why Is Cadbury a Takeover Target?

  BNET - 2009-09-09

  Cadbury may've rejected US food giant's Kraft's initial £10.2bn offer -- which valued Cadbury at over 30 times over last week's closing price -- but as far as analysts are concerned, it now has a bullseye on its back. Kraft's boss Irene Rosenfeld was quoted as saying she thought Cadbury...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Kraft, Branding, Marketing, Joanna Higgins

• Cadbury Playing Hard-to-Get?

  BNET - 2009-09-08

  Cadbury turned down Kraft's surprise $16.7 billion takeover offer yesterday, but nobody seems to think that's the end of the story. Cadbury is giving off mixed signals -- it said it just wanted to fly solo for the moment, but it also said the bid was too...

  Tags: Cadbury Schweppes Plc., Nestle S.A., Kraft, Food & Beverage, Corporate Law, Investment, Manufacturing, Business Operations, Finance, Katherine Glover