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Mr Bump And Mr Tickle To Go Under The Hammer
The owner of much-loved children's characters Paddington Bear, Mr Tickle, Spot the Dog and Peter Rabbit is to sell off the rights to the highest bidder.
Chorion, whose portfolio also includes works by Enid Blyton and Agatha Christie, is holding the auction in an last-ditch attempt to avoid going into administration. Sky's City editor Mark Kleinman revealed that Chorion had appointed DC Advisory Partners to handle the sale, with Deloitte on standby to act as the administrator if Chorion's lenders withdraw their support.
"It's conceivable that Chorion could be yet be sold in one piece, as I'm told that it has received several expressions of interest since the weekend," said Kleinman. But he reported that a person close to the process had acknowledged that the best buyer for the Octonauts (Chorion's popular Japanese-style underwater animated animal brand) was not necessarily the best buyer for....Read more here---> Mr Men, Paddington Bear And Noddy Owner To Auction Off Assets: Chorion Faces Administration Risk | Business | Sky News
"It's conceivable that Chorion could be yet be sold in one piece, as I'm told that it has received several expressions of interest since the weekend," said Kleinman. But he reported that a person close to the process had acknowledged that the best buyer for the Octonauts (Chorion's popular Japanese-style underwater animated animal brand) was not necessarily the best buyer for....Read more here---> Mr Men, Paddington Bear And Noddy Owner To Auction Off Assets: Chorion Faces Administration Risk | Business | Sky News