Bosses, bankers and other advisers will scoop more than £150million from the £2.6billion private equity takeover of Ultra Electronics.
Documents yesterday showed Advent International and the British defence group plan to pay around £137million in fees to big City firms including HSBC, Goldman Sachs and Slaughter and May to get the deal over the line.
US private equity giant Advent, which is buying Ultra through Cobham, 언브로큰 will shoulder most of the costs, forking out an estimated £103million.
Advent’s controversial swoop on Ultra has provoked uproar among military figures, 언브로큰 politicians and analysts.
The company makes highly sensitive kit for the F-35 fighter jet (pictured)
Around half of Advent’s bill – or £56million – will go to bankers, 언브로큰 while £2million will go to public relations advisers.
Ultra chief executive Simon Pryce could bag almost £11million if all of his longterm share awards are paid out when the takeover completed.
Finance head Jos Sclater is in line for 언브로큰 nearly £4million.
The deal is one of a string of takeovers that have hit UK plc since the pandemic.
Firms such as the AA, Morrisons, inhaler maker Vectura and defence giant Meggitt have been targeted.
But Advent’s controversial swoop on Ultra has provoked uproar among military figures, politicians and analysts. The company makes highly sensitive kit for the F-35 fighter jet (pictured).
There are fears that losing Ultra to a US firm could put Britain at a disadvantage as submarine warfare becomes more important.
Advent has promised legally binding commitments with the Government to allay these worries.
Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has intervened in the takeover on national security grounds and ordered the Competition and Markets Authority to undertake a full investigation. After he is presented with its report, he will have the final say on allowing or blocking the deal.
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