The Restaurant Group plc (LSE:RTN) or TRG, has been approached by Wheel Topco Limited, the owner of PizzaExpress, but no takeover proposal has been made, the company said on Thursday in response to media reports. Wheel Topco has requested diligence information and TRG will provide it. If the interested party makes a proposal, it will be considered by TRG's board of directors, but there is no certainty that this will happen.

Earlier in October, TRG agreed to a takeover offer from funds managed by affiliates of US Apollo Global Management (NYSE:APO) that values TRG at about GBP 506 million (USD 613m/EUR 580m). The company's board of directors still plans to recommend the offer to its shareholders, according to the statement.