Crop that! Costa in final takeover talks with private equity...

Crop that! Costa in final takeover talks with private equity investor
Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
Jul 3, 2023 – 4.09pm
Costa Group, the country’s largest horticultural company, is set to call time on the ASX with the board on track to recommend a takeover offer from New York private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners as early as this week.Advising Paine, which floated Costa in 2015, is Citi and Allens while Costa has engaged UBS and King & Wood Mallesons. While a transaction was yet to be signed as of Monday, sources on both sides were hopeful of an agreed deal in coming days.