Middleby is deciding this weekend whether to make a fresh approach for commercial kitchen equipment group Enodis.
It has until midday tomorrow to make its move under a Takeover Panel-imposed deadline.
Enodis rebuffed an earlier 195p a share offer and it recently ended talks with Manitowoc about a possible 220p-a-share bid.
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