QATARI investment fund Delta Two has terminated its £10.6bn offer to take over the Sainsbury's supermarket chain blaming market turmoil and failure to gain the backing of the pension fund trustees.
Agreement with the trustees was said to be the last major obstacle to the protracted negotiations which began in July. The Sainsbury family – which controls 18pc of the company – was reportedly rel...
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