UK - WHSmith is cutting its pension scheme deficit by £120m following the sale of its publishing business Hodder Headline to France's Hachette Livre for £223m.
The deal gives a payout to the high street retailer’s shareholders and allows it to borrow £120m from a consortium of banks to cut the fund’s £215m deficit. The loan was conditional upon the sale o...
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