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Drahi meets UK govt ministers to discuss BT stake - report

Tuesday 13 July 2021 | 15:43 CET | News
Patrick Drahi, the French investor behind Altice, has met with UK government ministers to discuss his motivation behind buying a 12 percent stake in BT, the Evening Standard reports. Drahi met with Oliver Dowden's Department of Culture, Media and Sport and business minister Kwasi Kwarteng, according to the paper's sources.

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Companies: BT
Countries: United Kingdom
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