Banks stretch the spread on PizzaExpress

Bankers working on the flotation of PizzaExpress group Gondola Holdings have set the price range for the deal at between 320p and 430p. The 29% spread is three times that of a typical initial public offering.

Sources close to the deal said that joint bookrunners Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank, set the price last night.

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