Tag: John Elkann

• Thursday, August 13th 2015 - 07:40 UTC

  The Economist group strengthens independence through share buy-back

  

  The Economist Group announced on 12 August 2015 that it will buy back 5.04m ordinary shares (20% of total share capital) from Pearson plc for £182m. Pearson’s remaining shares in the Group will be acquired by Exor for £287m, including all of its 1.26m B shares and 6.3m ordinary shares (30% of total share capital).<br />
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