Item 401 - File marked “Independent”

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File marked “Independent” dealing with the possible acquisition of Northern Ireland titles by the Independent Newspaper Group. Includes memorandum by Maurice Hayes to A.J.F. O’Rielly on the possible options available to get into the Northern Ireland market (19 Dec 1995); presentation slides from Merrill Lynch giving a preliminary overview of the market and readership of the “Belfast Telegraph” (27 Aug 1999); Memorandum by Maurice Hayes on the possible acquisition of the Belfast Telegraph giving a detailed account of the attitude of its readership, journals and staff, politicians (mainly the UUP) and business world (20 Aug 1999); Susan Cleland and Desmond Rea ‘An Analysis of the Northern Ireland Newspaper Industry’ (Mar 1995); Ulster Bank Markets ‘Independent Newspapers PLC: Strategy for Investment in Northern Ireland Newspaper Industry’ (24 Apr 1996); Ulster Bank Markets, ‘Northern Ireland: Opportunities in Newspaper Publishing’ (Dec 1995); typescript of acquisition targets in Northern Ireland and their circulation; correspondence includes letter from Maurice Hayes to Austin Lynch, Managing Director of The North-West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. seeking a meeting (22 May 1996); offer by Ulster Bank Markets to act as agent for Independent Newspapers PLC in the purchase of a number of Northern Irish newspaper titles (10 Apr 1996); state of play in the acquisition of titles (27 May 1996).

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