UK. British pension fund USSL to buy telecom co KCOM for 504 mln pounds
British pension fund Universities Superannuation Scheme Ltd (USSL) said its Humber Bidco unit would buy telecommunication company KCOM for 504 million pounds ($651.42 million), sending KCOM shares soaring more than 30 percent. Humber Bidco would pay 97 pence per KCOM share in cash, a premium of almost 34 percent. KCOM's directors intend to urge shareholders to vote in favour of the deal which they called "fair and reasonable", USSL said. KCOM shares surged nearly 34 percent - its biggest...
