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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Alex Lawson

Royal Mail owner’s chair seeks to charm investors after Czech billionaire’s bid

Royal Mail van
Royal Mail asked the industry regulator to let it reduce deliveries of second-class letters to two or three days a week. Photograph: Maureen McLean/Rex/Shutterstock

The chair of Royal Mail’s owner is to conduct a charm offensive with investors in an attempt to convince them of its strategy, in the face of a potential £3.1bn hostile takeover by a Czech billionaire.

Last week, it emerged that the postal firm’s parent company, International Distributions Services (IDS), had received a preliminary offer from Daniel Křetínský, an energy tycoon whose company, EP Group, is its largest shareholder.

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