Ackman (pic) told investors in May on a quarterly call that his team was "working to complete the transaction" and that he likes the business and loves the management team, without naming the company that Pershing Square was in talks with.
NEW YORK: Billionaire investor William Ackman's blank-check firm Pershing Square Tontine Holdings is nearing a deal with Universal Music Group that would value the company at nearly $40 billion, people familiar with the matter said.
A deal of that size, if completed successfully, would mark the biggest-ever merger involving a so-called special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), similar in size to the $40-billion deal that ride-hailing giant Grab Holdings clinched in April.
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