Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Knight Vinke plans raids on top companies


Knight Vinke Asset Management, the activist shareholder leading the battle against management at media giant VNU, is seeking targets among Europe's 100 largest companies this year.

Eric Knight, managing director of the asset manager, declined to spell out which companies he would be targeting, but said in an interview with the Financial Times that at least one may be a large UK stock.

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