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Glazer Leads $1.8 Billion Bid as Diageo Shortlists Buyers for RCB Sale

The process now shifts to binding bids following nine initial offers, with Diageo targeting a valuation near $2.1 billion.

Overview

  • Avram Glazer, through Lancer Capital, has submitted a non-binding offer of about $1.8 billion, reported as the top bid so far.
  • Diageo has narrowed roughly nine proposals to about five shortlisted parties, and the next step is to invite binding offers.
  • Current offers trail an internal valuation understood to be near $2.1 billion following RCB’s recent IPL and WPL title wins.
  • Any transaction would include ownership of both the men’s IPL and women’s WPL RCB teams, according to multiple reports.
  • BCCI rules on multi-team ownership and reputational/legal issues linked to past celebration incidents remain key considerations for bidders.