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Blackstone has tasked Morgan Stanley with finding a buyer for its 45 percent stake in Leica Camera

New report from Reuters on Blackstone’s attempt to sell their stake in Leica Camera:

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Blackstone in talks to sell stake in Leica, Zeiss is “potentially interested”

Reuters reports that Blackstone is in talks to sell their stake in Leica: The investor has teamed up with an investment bank to work out strategic options for the company and has already held talks with several potential acquirers, the people said, adding no official auction process was underway. “ACM has long-term goals with Leica Camera,” […]

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Blackstone is not happy with Leica

The German website manager-magazin.de published an article about the potential replacement of the current Leica Camera CEO Alfred Schopf. I was told that this is not the first and it is not going to be last change in top management. There are rumors that Blackstone is not happy with the current performance of the German camera manufacturer. […]

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