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<td colspan="2"><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b><font color="#FFCC00" size="1">London
Business Feature: <font size="1" color="#FFFFFF">Belgo to bid for
Waterstone</font></font></b><font color="#FFCC00" size="1"><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b>?</b></font><b><font color="#FFFFFF">
- </font></b></font><b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"> 21</font></b><font size="1" color="#FFFFFF"><b>/06/01</b></font></font></b></td>
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<p><font size="1">Swashbuckling entrepreneur Luke Johnson, chairman
of Belgo restaurants, remains tight-lipped over strong rumours that
he is preparing to put in a bid for the Waterstone's chain of bookstores.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> Johnson is said to be working to raise the finance
for a management buy-in bid for the bookshops group which is currently
owned HMV Media and has an estimated worth of �250 million. Such
a deal could see Johnson, noted for his no-holds-barred management
style, shaking up the cerebral world of book retailing. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">HMV Media bought Waterstone's from WH Smith in a
deal worth a reported �300 million in 1998. After a rocky period,
recent results from Waterstone's are considerably improved but HMV
Media wants to sell the operation to reduce its �500m debts.</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> Johnson, son of controversial Spectator writer
Paul Johnson, bought PizzaExpress In 1993 for �18m and transformed
it into an outfit with an estimated value of �575 million. Despite
his estimated personal fortune of �60 million, he has been hoping
to pull off a major deal for some time. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Earlier this year, he tried to buy Whitbread's 3,000
pubs - a deal which fell through but could have been worth �1.6
billion. He is likely to have competition for the purchase of Waterstone's
with German media company Bertelsmann and rival bookshop company
Borders, who run the Books etc stores, also said to be interested.
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<p><font size="1">Tim Waterstone opened his first bookshop in 1982
on Old Brompton Road in Earl's Court. The company now has 220 shops
around Britain, Ireland and Europe as well as a sharp online operation.
With backing from the Prudential's private equity division PPM,
Waterstone recently tried to buy back the business he founded but
his reported �180 million bid was rejected as too low.</font></p>
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