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    • Friday, 10 March, 2023
      Ferguson has ‘no regrets’ over moving listing to New York

      UK-based group formerly known as Wolseley says switch has increased share of US-based investors

      A Ferguson employee
    • Tuesday, 4 October, 2022
      Ferguson bets on windfall from new US chip factories

      Company’s products in demand after US unleashes grants for semiconductor groups

      A Ferguson employee greets a customer with a company van in the background
    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Travel & leisure industry
      Wolseley founder insists ‘under siege’ London eatery is in ‘rude health’

      Thai hotel group puts Piccadilly venue where Nigella Lawson dines into administration as battle for control heats up

    • Monday, 4 January, 2021
      Ferguson sells UK arm as focus moves to US

      FTSE 100 plumbing group’s revenues will come solely from North America after £300m disposal

    • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
      Lex
      US housing/Ferguson: I want to live in America Premium content

      A slowdown in building would not be all bad news for London-listed plumbing group

      Homes under construction in Las Vegas. Cheap money is fuelling US housebuilding, with new home sales and inquiries at post-financial crisis highs
    • Tuesday, 29 September, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Ferguson turns dividend tap back on to make FTSE 100 a tad hotter

      A 4 per cent dividend yield is still something; student accommodation providers face learning curve

    • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
      LombardKate Burgess
      Ferguson’s drip-drip-win approach to its US listing switch 

      Jupiter’s Merian deal — the market rout has diminished both fund houses

    • Wednesday, 15 April, 2020
      Ferguson sticks with main listing in UK after sounding out investors

      FTSE 100 plumbing supplier runs into opposition from shareholders over switch to US

      Geoff Drabble, chairman of Ferguson: 'We believe that ultimately achieving a US primary listing remains the right outcome for our business'
    • Tuesday, 4 February, 2020
      Plumbing group Ferguson considers ditching FTSE 100 for US

      Loss would be a blow to London market and unpalatable to some UK-based fund managers

      A sign reading "Wall Street" is pictured in front of New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 13, 2020 in New York City. (Photo by Johannes EISELE / AFP) (Photo by JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)
    • Friday, 4 October, 2019
      Personal Finance
      Investors Chronicle: Ferguson, James Halstead, Metro Bank

      Companies analysis from our sister publication

      The Metro Bank logo sits on a Metro Bank Plc branch in the City of London, U.K., on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2019. Metro Bank, the lender founded by U.S. entrepreneur Vernon Hill, plunged to a record low after it disclosed that British regulators are probing how it misclassified assets, an incident that prompted a share sale. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
      Industrials
      Ferguson to separate UK operations and focus on US

      Move to split plumbing merchant is victory for US activist investor Trian Partners

      Ferguson leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products https://www.fergusonplc.com/en/investors-and-media/image-library.html
    • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
      Lex
      Ferguson/Brexit: New World sympathy Premium content

      A trend for multinationals to cut loose British subsidiaries may be gathering momentum

    • Tuesday, 3 September, 2019
      City Bulletin
      Opening Quote: Ferguson is to sever UK ties and leave Wolseley behind

      Your morning City briefing on companies in the news, job moves and what’s happening in the markets

      Nelson Peltz, chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management LP, speaks during the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. The conference brings together an unmatched group of top CEOs, founders, pioneers, investors and luminaries to explore tech opportunities emerging around the world. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
      Lex
      Ferguson/Nelson Peltz: many fauceted problem Premium content

      Activist may make off with UK supplier of plumbing components to relist it in US

      Ferguson has already changed its name from Wolseley to match its US brand
    • Wednesday, 21 August, 2019
      Ferguson risks shareholder rift with talk of US move

      Activist fund forces plumbing merchant to consider listing switch out of UK

      Ferguson leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products https://www.fergusonplc.com/en/investors-and-media/image-library.html
    • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
      Lex
      Nelson Peltz/Ferguson: untapped potential Premium content

      Investors should be wary of promptings from the activist

      FILE- In this Jan. 24, 2019, file photo, Zakiyyah Askia, a plumbing apprentice in a program run by the nonprofit Chicago Women in Trades, welds pipes at a high rise residence under construction in Chicago. On Friday, May 3, the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing activity for April. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford, File)
    • Thursday, 13 June, 2019
      Trian Fund Management LP
      Nelson Peltz’s Trian takes 6% stake in London-listed Ferguson

      Activist fund says US-focused plumbing and heating group is an ‘attractive’ investment

      Nelson Peltz, chief executive officer of Trian Fund Management LP, speaks during the WSJDLive Global Technology Conference in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016. The conference brings together an unmatched group of top CEOs, founders, pioneers, investors and luminaries to explore tech opportunities emerging around the world. Photographer: Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg
    • Tuesday, 26 March, 2019
      Lex
      Ferguson/US housing: sinking feeling Premium content

      Worries that crisis-era woes will recur are overblown

      Water pipes 
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    • Tuesday, 26 March, 2019
      Construction sector
      Ferguson cuts growth forecasts as US stalls

      FTSE 100 plumbing group to relocate to UK from Switzerland as tax benefits dry up

      LONDON, ENGLAND - MARCH 18: A view over the City of London Skyline at sunset on March 18, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
    • Tuesday, 2 October, 2018
      fastFTMatthew Vincent
      Opening Quote: SCS — Sofa, so good (sorry, had to be done)
      P4FFKW Northallerton town centre, Northallerton town centre Yorkshire UK, Northallerton high street Yorkshire, Northallerton Yorkshire town, UK high street,
    • Tuesday, 2 October, 2018
      US & Canadian companies
      US demand lifts Ferguson despite tough UK markets

      Plumbing and heating supplier posts strong sales in North America but UK business stalls

    • Tuesday, 27 March, 2018
      Companies
      Buoyant US housing market boosts Ferguson 5%
    • Tuesday, 6 March, 2018
      European equities
      Stocks to watch: Smurfit, Just Eat, Aggreko, Lloyds, Ferguson

      Jefferies analysts tip Petrofac to rebound on contract wins

      An operative checks a paper roll on the reel-up in the machine house at the Townsend Hook paper mill, operated by Smurfit Kappa Group Plc, near Maidstone, U.K., on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Smurfit Kappa manufactures container boards, corrugated containers, and other paper-based packaging products. Photographer: Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg
    • Monday, 15 January, 2018
      LexPersonal & Household Goods
      US tax reform: too sweet for some Premium content

      An unexpected treat for some British groups should not mean more money for CEOs

      Nicandro Durante, CEO of British American Tobacco, photographed at their London headquarters this afternoon.
    • Friday, 10 November, 2017
      LexConstruction sector
      Ferguson: over here Premium content

      Plumbing group is now largely US based but retention of UK listing is not sentimental

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