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UK Government Starts Search for Banks to Lead Possible Royal Mail IPO

The U.K. government will this week begin the search for banks to advise it on a possible flotation of state-run postal delivery service Royal Mail, in what would be one of the biggest privatizations the country has seen for two decades.According to extracts of a speech in London Monday, Business Minister Michael Fallon said that while a flotation of Royal Mail is the government's preferred method of sale, all options remain on the table and no decision has been made.The Royal Mail will also investigate access to capital with the debt markets, Mr. Fallon said. The two simultaneous processes are part of the work to prepare Royal Mail for a sale of shares in this financial year, which ends March 2014.The business minister also confirmed the government is considering the options for the shape of the employee share scheme for Royal Mail's employees. "I strongly believe that employees should share in the company's future success and dividend," he said. "And it is our intention to have such a...

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