date:Feb 13, 2014
Shares in the UK's fourth largest supermarket chain, WM Morrisons, spiked this morning amid reports that the company's founding family has contacted private-equity funds to gauge interest in a buyout deal.
According to Bloomberg, people close to the matter say that Morrisons contacted Apax, CVC Capital Partners and the Carlyle Group in order to sound out interest in taking the retailer private.
Bloomberg said that while Apax had decided not to pursue a deal, the other two have discussed worki