Kesa to retain Comet scheme after sale

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Kesa Electricals will retain responsibility for the Comet Defined Benefit Pension Scheme after completing the sale of scheme's sponsor.

The French firm has agreed to sell the UK electrical retailer to private equity house OpCapita for £2 in a deal which will see it pay £50m to sweeten the deal. In an announcement to the stock ma...

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