Fifteen UK stock market listed companies with a combined market value of nearly £170 billion could be vulnerable to takeover, analysis for the Evening Standard shows, in deals that would kick start the City and the moribund stock market.
Many of the companies mentioned have significant ecommerce relevance
Asos
Ocado
Playtech (online gambling)
Trainline (online UK/EU rail travel booking website)
Easyjet (LCC airline that was very early into online sales of air travel and package vacations)
ITV (Traditional linear television station serving the UK, commercial, bit of a laggard into streaming media)
I wonder how many would be open to be taken private (Asos and Ocado vs being acquired (Trainline, Eayjet)? There are too many listed companies that should not be listed - looking at you Ocadp.