UK - Scheme deficits will increasingly make or break mergers and acquisitions, lawyers warn.
Private equity house Permira suspended talks on its 371p per share bid for WHSmith following disagreements over the £215m pension fund deficit. The scheme currently has an agreement with WHSmith...
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