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William Hill turns down Rank and 888's ₤ 3.16 bn bid

Bookmaker William Hill has rejected a ₤ 3.16 bn takeover offer from online operator 888 and casino huge Rank.

The quote, in shares and cash, was called "extremely opportunistic" by Gareth Davis, chairman of William Hill, who said it did not reflect its real worth.

The offer would produce the yohaig code UK's third-largest online betting group with profits of ₤ 2.7 bn.

William Hill shares have increased 22% to 334p because 888 said last month that it was considering a joint bid with Rank.

the yohaig code bid would mean 888 taking control of Rank, with the newly formed company then purchasing William Hill.

Mr Davis said that it would involve some ₤ 2.2 bn in financial obligation. He said: "It is a really complicated three-way combination at a low premium involving significant risk for William Hill investors: execution risk, integration risk and threats of materially increased take advantage of."

But Rank and 888 argue that its service plan would increase the business's value to up to 408p a share - or ₤ 3.6 bn.

888 and Rank stated that they see "substantial commercial logic in the combination, through consolidation of their complementary online and land-based operations, shipment of substantial income and expense synergies, and from the expected benefits of economies of scale which will accumulate to all shareholders."

Turnaround

William Hill stated that it was already seeing a turn-around in its own online company, and while a merger would provide it access to 888's overseas markets it replied that it was currently seeing development of 12% in its Australia operation and 49% in operating earnings in the yohaig code US.

William Hill tried and failed to acquire 888 in a ₤ 700m deal in 2015.

John Colley, a Professor of Practice at Warwick Business School said the bid "looks especially opportunist as William Hill have lost their president James Henderson after two years of frustrating efficiency with the yohaig code shares at a lowly 336p compared to the yohaig code 364p offer.

"However William Hill is now in play and others may be along with improved deals and more money.

"The market is consolidating quickly and William Hill, Rank and 888 will be part of that one way or another. For this promotion code reason, Rank and 888 must likewise beware."

Other mergers in the market consist of Ladbrokes and Coral signing a ₤ 2.3 bn merger in July and Paddy Power and Betfair joining forces in September.

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23 March 2016

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