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FDJ matches Q1 expectations ahead of Kindred takeover

SBC News FDJ matches Q1 expectations ahead of Kindred takeover

Française des Jeux (FDJ) Chairwoman and CEO Stéphane Pallez has praised the group’s first quarter performance as online sports betting and gaming revenues rose 9.5% YoY to  €141m as overall group revenues rose 7% to €710m and that it was “confidently pressing ahead” with its proposed €2.4bn acquisition of Unibet parent Kindred Group. Updating markets, FDJ noted that completion of …

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Unibet founder Anders Ström reveals C-level rifts on Kindred’s future

SBC News Unibet founder Anders Ström reveals C-level rifts on Kindred’s future

Anders Ström, the enterprise founder of Kindred Group (formerly Unibet Plc) has detailed rifts between him and the former C-level team of the business led by ousted CEO Henrik Tjärnström.  In an interview with Swedish business news source Dagens Industri, Ström – who founded Unibet in 1997 – expressed his dissatisfaction at “being kept in the dark” from key strategic …

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Kindred launches 23m share buyback scheme

SBC News Kindred launches 23m share buyback scheme

Kindred Group Plc investors have been notified that the board of the Stockholm-listed online gambling group has authorised a share buyback mandate to begin.  The buyback mandate had secured its approval at an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM) held by Kindred’s board on 10 June 2022. From 1 August, Kindred will begin its share repurchasing scheme that will run until the …

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