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Goes to show you're never too old to enjoy prom night 
as Royal Mail set to be taken over by Czech billionaire for ยฃ3.5bn 
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Royal Mail set to be taken over by Czech billionaire for ยฃ3.5bn
Company โminded to accept' Daniel Kretinsky's improved cash offer
Royal Mail is on the brink of a takeover by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky after the board said it was minded to accept a ยฃ3.5bn bid.
In an update to investors on Wednesday, the postal business's parent company International Distributions Services (IDS) said it had received a revised possible cash offer from Mr Kretinsky's EP Group of 370p per share.
The offer is an increase of almost 16pc on a previous 320p per share approach, which was rejected, and values the company at ยฃ3.5bn.
The board of Royal Mail said it would be minded to recommend the new offer to shareholders. EP Group now has until 5pm on May 29 to table a firm bid or walk away.
It opens the door for the 500-year-old postal service to fall under foreign ownership for the first time in history.
Royal Mail's central role in British life makes the deal highly politically sensitive and a government spokesman said: โWe are monitoring these developments very closely.โ
The company has been left vulnerable to a takeover after suffering a slump in its share price. Royal Mail's stock is down by more than a fifth compared to the highs seen in the immediate aftermath of its IPO in 2013.
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Mr Kretinsky has agreed to make contractual undertakings to the Government to protect key public interest matters. These include maintaining Saturday deliveries for first class letters and keeping the one-price-goes-anywhere service.
The tycoon, who is known as the โCzech sphinxโ in the City, has also vowed to maintain employees' current rights, protect the Royal Mail brand and keep the company's headquarters and tax base in the UK.
The board is also seeking assurances that Mr Kretinsky will maintain IDS's investment grade credit rating.
However, the announcement did not spell out a promise to keep the group's profitable parcels business, GLS, combined with its struggling letters division.
Mr Kretinsky's swoop has sparked speculation that the billionaire could look to merge GLS with Dutch operator PostNL, in which he also holds a major stake.
PostNL, which delivers parcels and letters across Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg, is locked in similar debates to Royal Mail about relaxing its commitments on letter deliveries.
Analysts have said a merger could deliver โsynergiesโ across the businesses and improve services for customers.
A source close to EP Group insisted Mr Kretinsky did not intend to break up IDS and said the list of undertakings was not exhaustive.
It is not yet clear whether the commitments would be legally binding.
Any failure to secure legally binding undertakings would raise the risk that Mr Kretinsky could renege on the pledges in future.
In 2010, US food giant Kraft, now known as Mondelez, came under fire for breaking its pledge to keep Cadbury's Somerset factory open. The promise was made during a hostile ยฃ11.6bn takeover of the chocolate brand but the factory was closed a year after the deal closed with the loss of around 1,000 jobs.
SoftBank agreed to legally-binding commitments on jobs following its takeover of British chipmaker Arm in 2016. However, these undertakings expired after five years and the Japanese conglomerate subsequently cut hundreds of roles.
Royal Mail said it will continue to hold discussions with EP Group over the scope and duration of the undertakings, which would be made to ministers as well as to the company.
Keith Williams, chairman of IDS, said Mr Kretinsky's commitments โshould ensure that IDS continues to deliver the key elements of the universal service in the UK and protect the interests of the workforce at both Royal Mail and GLS.โ
The two companies will now start to carry out due diligence, though bosses warned there was no certainty that a firm offer will be made.
Mr Williams said: โThe board is minded to recommend this offer price, which it considers to be fair and reflects the value of GLS' current growth plans and the progress being made on change at Royal Mail to adapt the business to a significant fall in the demand for letters and growth in parcels.โ
Redwheel, one of IDS's largest investors, previously supported the board's decision to reject Mr Kretinsky's initial takeover bid.
It has argued that GLS alone is worth 350p per share, meaning that under the terms of the improved bid Royal Mail would be worth just 20p per share โ or ยฃ192m โ not even big enough to get into the FTSE 350.
Shares in IDS surged as much as 20pc to 327p following the revised offer proposal, which came just three hours before a deadline imposed under City takeover rules.
Mr Kretinsky, who is also an investor in West Ham Football Club and Sainsbury's, is already the largest shareholder in IDS with a stake of more than 27pc.
His swoop has proven controversial given the sensitive nature of the postal service.
Sir Vince Cable, who oversaw the privatisation of Royal Mail in 2013, has called on ministers to carry out a fit and proper person test on Mr Kretinsky.
The Czech sphinx was previously subject to a national security investigation when he increased his stake in the company above 25pc in 2022, though this was ultimately approved.
A government spokesman said: โWe recognise the importance of the Royal Mail to the British public, and we are monitoring these developments very closely.
โOur priority is to ensure that Royal Mail customers get the service they deserve, including six days-a-week deliveries and a guaranteed standardised price for post throughout the UK, as enshrined by the universal service obligations, regardless of the owner.
โWe will engage with the bidder at an appropriate time to explain our expectations for the future of Royal Mail.โ
In a letter to Mr Kretinsky on Wednesday, Jonathan Reynolds, the shadow business secretary, asked the tycoon to confirm that Royal Mail would remain headquartered and tax resident in the UK, as well as calling for guarantees around postal workers' rights.
He wrote: โWhilst it's important that Britain remains open and attractive to foreign investment, Royal Mail is an iconic British institution with a unique place in our society and infrastructure.
โRoyal Mail is as British as it gets, and Labour will take the necessary steps to safeguard its undeniable identity and place in public life.โ
The Czech tycoon is also facing opposition from the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents around 115,000 postal workers.
In a statement on Wednesday, Dave Ward, the CWU general secretary said: โIt cannot be right that a key part of national infrastructure is allowed to be owned by individuals or companies who have no vision for the future and no clear plan to put the workforce at the heart of turning Royal Mail around.โ
Mr Ward accused the company's board of trying to โrun letter deliveries into the ground and become just another glorified parcels company.โ
EP Group's revised offer consists of 360p per share in cash, plus a final dividend of 2p expected to be paid in September and a special dividend of 8p which would be paid on completion of the deal.
EP Group declined to comment.
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Updated yesterday via a 3rd party play store front end and the app has not given me 1 notification since. Not one. Uninstall and reinstalled via gplay, disabled battery bullshit, turned off my pc, nothing fixes it.
We need to
Some groomercord devs until they fricking admit the issue exists. 8 years this bug has existed and never once have they even addressed it
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They absolutely don't care about the difference. Point out to them that abortion being banned means more newborns will be left to die in fields/dumpsters etc and it makes no nevermind to them. More toddlers will be beaten to death by parents who never wanted them? Totally the same thing as a 7 week old fetus being aborted.
"That toddler wouldn't have been beaten to death if their mother just kept their legs closed."
I wish that were hyperbole as well. But I've been a member of /r/prochoice for years and /r/prolife occasionally gets cross posted over there. The shit I've seen from that subreddit genuinely makes me weep for humanity.
is justified chud
Total redditor death
Hypermuscular Hindu Beast 
PM reduced immigration
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"What you up to today Rishi?"
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) May 15, 2024
"Not much, just collapsing the higher education and care sectors and then bragging about it."
"Great stuff. Remember you've got that Zoom call with the estate agent in California at 2pm" https://t.co/8uqekCmaF9
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"Queer Planet" will be released in June.
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) May 16, 2024
The documentary by NBC is focused on "LGBTQI+ tolerance" among the animal kingdomโฆ
No, this is not satire. pic.twitter.com/sf9ES6bXuG
Deuteronomy 22:5 - The woman shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman's garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.
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I DON'T CARE!!!!!!! WHO FRICKING CARES!!!!!!!!! WHEN HAVE ASSASSIN'S CREED GAMES EVER BEEN HISTORICALLY ACCURATE????????? WHY ARE YOU BUYING A UBISHIT GAME IN THE FIRST PLACE???????????????
LEAVE ME THE FRICK ALONE 
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- BushWasRight : p-dophile
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I'm like a dog chasing waterfalls
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Mental Redditor (oxymoron) decided to write his larp
Now this is no incel redpill bullshit but this thing happened again last night while I was on a date with a beautiful German girl and this time it really pissed me off.
I may have exaggerated a bit to get the point
I was at a bar with a gorgeous Chilean girl who had an amazing sense of style. Two blonde girls from Atlanta that were in NY that night for work started talking to us, and actually first said that "we were super cute together." We kept talking and eventually the conversation devolved into both of them saying that my date was absolutely stunning and could get any guy in the bar, and that they would never expect a woman like that to be with a guy that looks like me.
By the end of the night though, they were a little nicer and one of them even told me that "she could understand why my date found me attractive."
Though it might come across as a bit incel-ish
Absolutely not
I think it is important to point out that this has has only happened when I've been with women that are clearly foreigners.
WTF is even foreigner in NYC
Regarding what was going on during the date that might've "set some alarms" for the woman that ended up saying this to my date. I did say to my date that "I really wanted to kiss her," but I did it in what I perceived to be a respectful way. I told her that, she said not right now, and we kept having a good time. Eventually she kissed me there, at the bar, and then outside, and then at her place (we ended up spending the night together). She also texted me this morning thanking me for a wonderful time, so it really, really didn't feel like she took it the wrong way. Like I mentioned on the original post, she even stood up for me when this woman walked up to us. But yes I did tell her that I wanted to kiss her and she initially said no, and the woman next to us might've heard this which could've made her come to certain conclusions.
Seriously why do he even wrote that shit ? 
The only time when people came to me like this is when I was 16, I asked a girl out to six flags on Halloween she said yes and the whole event she was showing me could shoulder so some guys came to me and told I can do better and should leave that b-word and focus on other girls.
And it was legit wired she would keep 6 feet distance from me and when we entered scary room I hoped she would hug me but she started hugging another guy who was with his gf and a b-word fight started I just ignored them and headed to the exit sadly then she found me and started bitching on me for not protecting her and leaving her. It was a bad day. And the b-word seemed had enjoyed it and even mocked me by writing to me if I came home and if I am not angry at her.
It was obvious to every one around I was hurt back then so it made sense some grown up men would come to me to try to cheer me up.
But this Redditor just writes poor bs.
just a based 
barber charging more for trouble 
customers
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The OP is a woman. Didn't even finish reading the post, nor any of the replies. Just wanted to point out this sentence:
WE built a playset for our son in our backyard and apparently all the kids in the neighborhood liked it so much they've made it their daily hangout spot.
Ah yes I'm sure you built it yourselves. Having a crew come do it on a saturday for you doesn't mean you did shit, nor should you say we if your husband did it over a period of weeks etc.
The annoying post:
We built a playset for our son in our backyard and apparently all the kids in the neighborhood liked it so much they've made it their daily hangout spot. We come home and there are bicycles blocking our driveway and about a dozen kids playing on it.
Bikes blocking the driveway is annoying but I'm a million percent sure she's exaggerating the number and placement of said bikes.
I wouldn't mind if it was a once in a while thing but it's everyday until after sundown. I can't even enjoy hanging out in my backyard because of all the screaming. I want to build a fence but my husband thinks it would seem โunneighborlyโ, especially since some of the parents have told us how much their kids like our playset.
Edit: wow I didn't expect this to blow up. Just to clarify (because I'm seeing this come up a lot): the rest of the neighbors have a very open โcome over and play wheneverโ policy so the neighborhood kids are used to that. However the other playsets are relatively small so they don't get a big group of kids hanging out at one of them constantly.
Wow I didn't expect this to blow up 
Our son is 2 so he doesn't go out without supervision, and we (the parents) just didn't feel comfortable playing in other people's playsets without the owners there.
Don't live in suburbia I guess if you don't want kids in your yard constantly. Also, building a big playset for your two year old, much bigger than the other parents' sets. Had to thrown in how theirs is better than the rest in the neighborhood. I hate reddit and regret checking it.
are more people than just you who need groceries" 
"BUT THE APP SAYS I CAN!!!" 
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