A consortium of private equity firms, comprising of Texas Pacific, CVC and Permira, has been identified as possible bidders to take over supermarket retailer Wm Morrison for GBP6bn (US$11.05bn).

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According to reports in the Observer newspaper yesterday (3 July 2006), the consortium have requested talks with the UK’s fourth largest supermarket retailer, which last month appointed Marc Bolland as new company CEO.

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