{"id":210445,"date":"2010-01-21T14:48:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-21T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3087194156628161158.post-2755580837598839921"},"modified":"2010-01-21T15:12:59","modified_gmt":"2010-01-21T20:12:59","slug":"financial-times-hershey-to-bow-out-of-battle-for-cadbury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/210445","title":{"rendered":"FINANCIAL TIMES: Hershey to bow out of battle for Cadbury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- AddThis Button BEGIN -->By Greg Farrell in New York and Jenny Wiggins in London <\/p>\n<p>Published: January 21 2010 19:10 | Last updated: January 21 2010 19:10<\/p>\n<div class=\"ft-story-body\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\"> function floatContent(){var paraNum = \"3\" paraNum = paraNum - 1;var tb = document.getElementById('floating-con');var nl = document.getElementById('floating-target');if(tb.getElementsByTagName(\"div\").length> 0){if (nl.getElementsByTagName(\"p\").length>= paraNum){nl.insertBefore(tb,nl.getElementsByTagName(\"p\")[paraNum]);}else {if (nl.getElementsByTagName(\"p\").length == 3){nl.insertBefore(tb,nl.getElementsByTagName(\"p\")[2]);}else {nl.insertBefore(tb,nl.getElementsByTagName(\"p\")[0]);}}}}<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix\" id=\"floating-target\">\n<p><b><a symbol=\"us:HSY\" href=\"http:\/\/markets.ft.com\/tearsheets\/performance.asp?s=us:HSY\">Hershey<\/a><\/b> has decided not to mount a bid for <b><a symbol=\"uk:CBRY\" href=\"http:\/\/markets.ft.com\/tearsheets\/performance.asp?s=uk:CBRY\">Cadbury<\/a><\/b>, abandoning its hope of using the British confectioner as a path to global expansion and conceding that <b><a symbol=\"us:KFT\" href=\"http:\/\/markets.ft.com\/tearsheets\/performance.asp?s=us:KFT\">Kraft<\/a><\/b>\u2019s recommended bid of 840 pence per share, plus a 10 pence dividend, is too high for it to top.<\/p>\n<p>The decision follows a unanimous vote by Hershey\u2019s board of directors late on Wednesday against a competing offer, according to a person briefed on the matter. <\/p>\n<p>While<span class=\"bodystrong\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/everythingwarrenbuffett.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/kraft-foods-company-recommended-final.html\">Kraft\u2019s bid<\/a>, announced on Tuesday, <\/span><span class=\"bodystrong\">was widely expected to carry the day with Cadbur<\/span>y \u2013 in spite of complaints in British government circles about the American takeover of a beloved English brand \u2013 the threat of a competing bid from Hershey remained, and the Pennsylvania company had until next Monday to tender its own offer under UK takeover rules.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by the board of Hershey Food ends four months of debate within the company and at the charitable trust that controls the majority of its voting shares. <\/p>\n<p>Since September, when Kraft\u2019s original takeover bid for Cadbury was rebuffed by the UK company as \u201cderisory\u201d, members of the Hershey trust have supported a bid for Cadbury. <\/p>\n<p>Over several months, Hershey\u2019s board came to embrace the idea of a bid, which had been approved just last week. 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