Brightside agrees to £127m acquisition by AnaCap company
Brightside has agreed to a £127m acquisition by a newly incorporated company indirectly owned by private equity firm AnaCap Financial Partners.
The 25p per share offer comes almost seven months after former suitor Markerstudy informed the specialist broker that an offer would be below the indicative price of 27p and would likely be in the
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