UK - Exponent reaches second round of bidding for Trinity Mirror's Midlands titles

Exponent Private Equity is one of three private equity bidders known to have reached the second round of an auction for Trinity Mirror's newspaper titles in the Midlands. The Birmingham Post and Coventry Evening Telegraph are amongst those being sold with offers understood to be in the region of ТЃ200m. Barclays Private Equity and ABN AMRO Capital are also in the running for the asset.