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London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers

The Guardian Australia - World · 1 September 2026 at 8:08 pm

London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers

Latest purchases take value of deals to leave capital’s stock market this year past $100bn Three more London-listed companies are set to be taken over as the value of deals removing firms from the capital’s under-pressure stock market passes $100bn (£74bn) so far this year.

On Tuesday, Bodycote, the FTSE 250 industrials group that has been listed on the London Stock Exchange since 1972, agreed a £1.84bn takeover by the US private equity group Veritas.

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London Stock Exchange to lose three more firms after takeover offers

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