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Titan poised to sell UK business

 

LONDON - Outdoor media owner Titan Outdoor is considering a number of options for selling its UK business, with a decision expected early next week.

Titan: poised to sell UK business
Titan: poised to sell UK business

It is believed there are at least two potential bids on the table. Titan is thought to be considering an offer from a venture capitalist-backed consortium, as well as a management buyout, led by UK chief executive Jon Slatkin.

Industry sources also believe Titan has been approached with an acquisition offer from a rival major outdoor media owner.

The potential sale is understood to be part of a process of looking at a number of strategic options for the UK business, as parent company Titan Worldwide seeks to restructure its global financial arrangements.

The negotiations follow the sale of Titan's UK roadside estate to Primesight last August in a deal worth an estimated £6m, and last month's decision to pull out of the Republic of Ireland, after reaching a mutual agreement with national rail company CIE Group to surrender the €100m outdoor media contract.

Titan Outdoor, which employs about 100 staff at its head office in London, became the UK subsidiary of privately-owned Titan Worldwide in 2006, when chairman Bill Apfelbaum led a £10.6m takeover bid of Maiden Outdoor.

Slatkin declined to comment.

 

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martin media - 14 January 2010

Wow....outdoor consolidation about to start at LONG last? Discuss...

 
Jayne Marar

Jayne Marar - 14 January 2010

this ad is NOT sexist in any way.

 

Mr Blue Sky - 14 January 2010

......and this story is not interesting in any way. They made the decision to offload their main talent some time ago - and as a result have no real presence amongst customers so they might just as well get rid of the rest.........

 

martin media - 15 January 2010

"considering" "number of options". So is anything actually happening?

 

david wildash - 15 January 2010

Liquidation or Salvation

So here we are the last legacy that was Maiden, How many of us remember what a great company this was in the 80s and 90s .Titan have confidently steered this company to its current resting place. So will the French save this failing company I suspect so, Good luck to the New owners

 

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