veolia deal started with a hostile takeover approach.end, they managed to work out the differences. that is one major deal that has gone on. another potential deal in the uk that we are watching closely is uk supermarket chain morrison's agreed to $6.3 billion takeover deal with fortress morrison's says the deal recognizes the prospects and the fair price for shareholders. apollo global entered into the fray with the u.s. equity giant saying it is in the early stages for morrison's, but not approached the board karen, so much dealmaking going on what is interesting is we are seeing more and more private equity terms muscle in to the particular area. i was reading and just in the last 18 months alone, we have seen more takeovers by u.s. private equity firms of uk companies than at any other point since the financial crisis. >> that says something about the pricing and inherent value of the assets if you consider the deal we have three private equity companies involved it feels a deal will be done at some point the question is what the pri