PPF agrees £150m sale of former UK Coal business

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The Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has agreed to sell its stake in Harworth Estates, the property group split off from UK Coal, in a deal worth £150m.

The sale to Coalfield Resources, which already owned 24.9% of the business, will net the PPF £97m and 25% in shares of the company, which will be renamed Harworth Group. The lifeboat fund has en...

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