Deal in Focus: Findus issues €200m PIK note for dividend payout
Barely a year after the horsemeat scandal, Findus Group and its owners Lion Capital, JP Morgan and Highbridge Capital Management are saddling up for more potential controversy. Mikkel Stern-Peltz reports
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