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PIN GROUP: Private Equity Firms In Talks to Acquire Business
The Blackstone Group, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Advent International Corp. have expressed interest in acquiring PIN Group AG, which is expected to go bust at the end of February, Bloomberg News reports, citing Focus.
According to Bloomberg, the private equity firms have held preliminary talks with Horst Piepenburg, head of the management board at PIN.
Thomas Schulz, a spokesman for PIN, confirmed that negotiations over the sale of the company started two weeks ago, although he refused to reveal the identity of the potential buyers, Bloomberg relates.
Meanwhile, 19 of PIN's 91 subsidiaries are set to file for insolvency this week, the FT relates. The company's insolvencies has now totaled to 37.
The insolvencies came after publishing group Axel Springer AG, which owns a 63.7% stake in PIN, resolved to stop funding the company following the German government's decision to introduce minimum wages of EUR8- EUR9.80 for the postal industry.
A TCR-Europe report on Jan. 18, 2008, disclosed that Mr. Piepenburg is looking to sell the company as a whole as he tries to avert further insolvencies.
However, the Financial Times says, citing Handelsblatt, Mr. Piepenburg also admitted a possible division of PIN and the disposal of individual regional subsidiaries if he fails to sell the company in its entirety.
About PIN Group AG
Headquartered in Luxembourg, PIN Group AG -- http://www.pin- group.net/ -- provides postal services across Germany. The group has more than 60 regional subsidiaries, and in 2006 became a national integrated provider by setting up an efficient nationwide distribution network.
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