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Media Lifeline: TNS takeover battle.
How this bitter takeover saga began - and why it still hasn't reached any sort of resolution.
July 2006: Rumours emerge that the market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres is in the sights of a number of private equity companies. Its share price was down after a profits warning and US turnover sliding on the loss of the IBM account, piling pressure on Donald Brydon, the chairman, and David Lowden, the chief executive, to improve fortunes WPP and the German research company GfK are named as potential suitors but no offers emerge, until ...
April 2008: The boards of TNS and GfK announce that they are in merger discussions. The proposed deal would create the second-largest market information group in the world, to be named GfK-TNS. The largest shareholder would be GfK Verein, with Lowden telling the City that 'the market has long seen these two companies as ideal partners, and now is the right time to bring them together'.
May 2008: TNS shares leap after WPP makes a pounds 948 million counter-offer. Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of WPP, says he is disappointed that attempts to engage with the management of TNS have been 'hindered and resisted'.
May 2008: Klaus Wubbenhorst, the chief executive of the market research company GfK, ...
- Policies that please the electorate could hide inflationary timebomb.(WPP Group...
- Magazine article from: Marketing Week March 19, 2009 700+ words
Sir Martin Sorrell warns the fiscal intervention that has...not long before WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell comes up with an ad campaign by way of...bolstered by WPP's recent acquisition of TNS, tends to perform relatively well in...
- Adworld has new king in Sir Martin Sorrell; WPP passes previous leader Omnicom,...
- Magazine article from: Advertising Age Parekh, Rupal March 9, 2009 700+ words
...the British ad giant led by Martin Sorrell, last week moved ahead of U...it to include a full year of TNS revenue, WPP said, it would...acquisitions of companies such as TNS, Grey Global Group and 24...including debt WPP took on in its TNS acquisition. WPP's total...
- The Week: City News - Sorrell accuses rival GfK.(Sir Martin Sorrell)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Campaign August 15, 2008 700+ words
Sir Martin Sorrell, the WPP Group chief executive, has said GfK, his rival to take control of TNS, should 'put up or shut up' and has accused it of misleading...Nielsen, IMS Health and Synovate, if it fails to secure the TNS deal
- WPP'S CEO Sir Martin Sorrell Joins Advertising Industry Heavyweight Keynote...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire January 22, 2009 700+ words
...January 2009-MIPTV: WPP'S CEO Sir Martin Sorrell Joins Advertising Industry Heavyweight...LTD RDATE:22012009 Paris -- Sir Martin Sorrell, Chief Executive Officer of the advertising...Television Division at Reed MIDEM. Sir Martin Sorrell founded WPP in 1985. Under his direction...
- Sir Martin Sorrell settles libel case.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire March 28, 2007 700+ words
(From Guardian Unlimited) Sir Martin Sorrell has accepted a GBP120,000 settlement...claimants' privacy. "For his part, Sir Martin Sorrell acknowledges that Mr Benatti and Mr...challenged them to explain themselves, Sir Martin Sorrell has fled the battlefield just as Marco...
- Sorrell tops marketing services UK pay table.(Martin Sorrell)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Campaign Marshall, Caroline August 10, 2001 700+ words
...WPP's group chief executive, Sir Martin Sorrell, earned twice as much as his nearest...director ([pounds sterling]000) 1 Sir Martin Sorrell WPP Group 854 2 Michael Bungey(2...sterling]000) sterling]000) Sir Martin Sorrell 1,302 152% 24 Michael Bungey(2...
- PROFILE - SIR MARTIN SORRELL: The persistence of the ad man.
- Newspaper article from: Brand Strategy September 8, 2005 700+ words
...Persistence is WPP chief executive Sir Martin Sorrell's favourite concept at the moment...now, at the end of the interview, Martin Sorrell, chief executive of WPP, is going...costume. It's not surprising that Sir Martin Sorrell should appreciate a quote about persistence...
- Sorrell tops the salary league.(Martin Sorrell)(WPP Group PLC)(Brief article)
- Magazine article from: Campaign September 29, 2006 700+ words
...The chief executive of WPP, Sir Martin Sorrell, maintains his position as adland's highest earner. Sir Martin Sorrell, the chief executive of WPP...S EARNING WHAT IN ADLAND? Sir Martin Sorrell - pounds 859,000 - up 3.2...
- SORRELL.(Sir Martin Sorrell's views on recession)(Brief Article)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Campaign Beale, Claire August 3, 2001 700+ words
...MASTERPLAN? When he speaks, the City takes notice. Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP's tough-talking chief, tells Claire Beale his...recession and his future plans "It's a bathtub." Sir Martin Sorrell is emphatic. It's an uncharacteristically creative description...
- News Analysis: Agencies exploit Eastern promise.(Sir Martin Sorrell)(CHARLES...
- Newspaper article from: PR Week (UK) May 19, 2006 700+ words
Daniel Rogers spoke to an upbeat Sir Martin Sorrell at last week's PRCA annual conference, where the WPP...can claim to command the respect and influence of Sir Martin Sorrell. His views are often regarded as a bellwether for the...
