(IN BRIEF) BBVA has proposed comprehensive measures to the Spanish competition authority (CNMC) to secure approval for its merger with Banco Sabadell. These commitments include maintaining branch access in underserved areas, ensuring continued SME lending and credit lines for 18 … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Small Business, Spain
Tagged Banco Sabadell, BBVA, Comprehensive Measures, financial inclusion, MERGER, Onur Genç, partnership, SME Support
(IN BRIEF) Schaeffler AG has made strategic appointments to its Executive Board as part of its preparation for a merger with Vitesco Technologies. Thomas Stierle, previously with Vitesco, will lead Schaeffler’s new E-Mobility division starting in October 2024. Dr. Jochen … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Vodafone and Three UK have responded to the CMA’s provisional findings, disputing concerns that their merger could reduce competition and lead to price increases. The companies argue that the £11 billion merger will improve 5G infrastructure, enhance competition, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Economy, Environment, Financial, Government, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G infrastructure, acquisition, Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA), Margherita Della Valle, MERGER, partnership, Robert Finnegan, sustainability, Three UK, vodafone
(IN BRIEF) Bechtle Group has consolidated its Belgian entities, including Bechtle Group BE Public and Bechtle direct NV, into a unified company, Bechtle NV, effective June 1, 2024, signaling a strategic move to enhance its position as a leading IT … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Technology
Tagged Bechtle, Belgium, Gozard Polak, MERGER, partnership, Unified Identity
(IN BRIEF) Schaeffler AG announces leadership changes, with Heiko Eber appointed Head of Investor Relations (IR) and Renata Casaro tasked with leading the newly established Global Risk & Macroeconomic Analysis unit, effective June 1, 2024. Eber, previously managing IR at … Read the full press release
The reorganization affects only the Finnish operations (PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 30-Sep-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Neste (HEL: NESTE), the world’s leading provider of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and the 4th most sustainable company in the world, has announced that … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BOURNEMOUTH, 9-Feb-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — LV=, one of the largest insurance companies in the UK, has announced that the merger talks that started earlier this year with Royal London, the largest mutual insurer in the United Kingdom, about … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Insurance, Management, News, United Kingdom
Tagged financial mutual, insurance, LV=, MERGER, Seamus Creedon
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Oct-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Société Générale (EPA: GLE), a European leader in financial services with over 150 years of history, has announced it submits a complete dossier to its employee representative organisations setting out in detail the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Investment, Management, News, Retail
Tagged Bernard Gaudin, Courtois, Crédit du Nord, ESG commitments, Florence Amphoux, French retail bank, Jean-Baptiste Froville, Laydernier, MERGER, Olivier-Armand Poly, private banking, retail banking networks, Retail banks, Sébastien Proto, SMC, SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE, Societe Generale, sustainability, Tarneaud, Wealth Management Bank
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 6-Aug-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Cargotec Corporation (HEL: CGCBV), a Finnish company that makes cargo-handling machinery for ships, ports, terminals and local distribution, and Konecranes Plc (HEL: KCR), a Finnish company with focus on cranes and lifting equipment, … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 12-Apr-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Veolia and SUEZ respective boards of directors announce that they have reached an agreement on the merger between the two groups. The two groups have agreed on a price of €20.50 per SUEZ … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Environment, France, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News
Tagged ACEA, Antoine Frérot, Bertrand Camus, CIRSEE, Cleanaway, Lydec, MERGER, municipal water, Philippe, shareholders, solid waste, SUEZ, SUEZ share, Veolia
(PRESS RELEASE) SCHINDELLEGI, 22-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Global transport and logistics leader Kuehne+Nagel announces that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire one of Asia’s leading freight forwarders, especially in the transpacific and intra-Asia. The acquisition of Apex … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 18-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Dutch multinational company which creates paints and performance coatings, Akzo Nobel N.V. announces that it has made a comprehensive non-binding proposal to acquire Tikkurila, Finnish manufacturer of paints and lacquers. The proposed merger … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, Netherlands, News, Technology
Tagged acquisition, Akzo Nobel N.V., AkzoNobel, coatings solutions, MERGER, sustainability, sustainable paints, Thierry Vanlancker, Tikkurila
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 28-Aug-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi announces its intention to commence a tender offer (the “Offer”) to acquire all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Principia Biopharma Inc. for $100 per share … Read the full press release
Posted in France, Healthcare, News, Pharma & Biotech
Tagged acquisition, biopharmaceutical, BofA Securities, BTK inhibitor, Centerview Partners LLC, Cooley LLP, Evercore, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Healthcare, immune thrombocytopenia, immune-mediated diseases, ITP, Kortex Acquisition Corp., MERGER, Merger Agreement, outstanding shares, Principia Biopharma Inc., rilzabrutinib, Sanofi, stock, Tailored Covalency®, tender offer, Weil
(PRESS RELEASE) BERKSHIRE, 13-Jul-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — British multinational telecommunications company Vodafone Group Plc has announced that the merger between Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited (VHA) and TPG Telecom Limited (TPG) have now been completed. The newly formed entity will … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) AMSTERDAM, 20-Dec-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — ABN AMRO has announced that its ABN AMRO Private Banking Belgium and Société Générale Belgium have now been officially merged. The deal, originally announced back in July 2018 as a form of acquisition … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BONN, 28-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — At the Deutsche Telekom‘s 2019 shareholders meeting CEO Tim Höttges boldly outlined that the company is strongly committed to sharing and participation. “Participation in the possibilities offered by the internet. Participation in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Management, News, Technology, Telecom
Tagged 5G, 5G network, Deutsche Telekom, digitalization, dividend, EBITDA, EWE, Free cash flow, FTTC, FTTH, FY 2018, Glasfaser NordWest, MERGER, mobile communications, networks, Sprint, T-Mobile US, Tim Höttges
(PRESS RELEASE) LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany / WILMINGTON, Delaware, USA, 1-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Authorities have granted approval for BASF and Solenis to complete the merger of their paper and water chemicals businesses. Originally announced in May 2018, BASF and Solenis have now completed the transfer of BASF’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, News
Tagged Altamira, Ankleshwar, Anup Kothari, BASF, Bradford, coating chemicals, Grimsby, John Panichella, Kwinana, Ludwigshafen, MERGER, Nanjing, paper chemicals, paper wet-end, Solenis, Suffolk VA, VERBUND, water chemicals
NIB and the Swedish telecom operator Tele2 AB have signed a SEK 2 billion (EUR 194 million) loan agreement to finance the company’s merger with TV and broadband provider Com Hem. HELSINKI, 19-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The eight-year maturity loan finances the merger of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Entertainment, Financial, Finland, Internet & Online, Media, Sweden, Technology, Telecom
Tagged broadband, Com Hem, connectivity, Henrik Normann, loan, MERGER, NIB, Sweden, Tele2 AB, TELECOM, telecommunications, tv
MUNICH, 11-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (10 December 2018), Linde Intermediate Holding AG (“Linde Intermediate”) informed the Executive Board of Linde Aktiengesellschaft (“Linde AG”) of an increase of the cash compensation to be paid in the context of the envisaged … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Investment, Management
Tagged divestments, Financial, investment, Linde, MERGER, squeezeout
LONDON/ ROTTERDAM, 04-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Unilever today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire the Health Food Drinks portfolio (GSK HFD) of GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in India, Bangladesh and 20 other predominantly Asian markets. The transaction consists of three elements: … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Management, Netherlands, United Kingdom
Tagged acquisition, ASIA, Bangladesh, GlaxoSmithKline, Healthcare, Horlicks, INDIA, MERGER, Nitin Paranjpe, Nutrition, Sanjiv Mehta, Unilever
As communicated in May 2018, SIX, the parent company of SIX Payment Services, announced today the completion of the acquisition of SIX Payment Services by Worldline. As part of this transaction SIX now holds a 27% equity stake in Worldline … Read the full press release
PARIS, 30-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran’s (Euronext Paris: SAF) shareholders were invited to consider mainly the plan to merge Zodiac Aerospace into Safran at a meeting on November 27, 2018. All the resolutions submitted to the shareholders’ vote were approved. … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, France, Industrial, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged aircraft, Defense, MERGER, Philippe Petitcolin, Ross McInnes, Safran, shareholders, space, Zodiac Aerospace
TURIN/ MILAN, 23-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Notice is hereby given that the minutes of the Board of Directors’ meeting, held on 20 November 2018, were made available on 23 November 2018 at the Company’s Registered Office, as well as on the … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Italy, Management
Tagged Financial, Intesa Sanpaolo, MERGER, securitisation
BUCHAREST, Romania, 15-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — We would like to inform the market and our investors that, in connection with the decision issued by the Hungarian Competition Authority (Gazdasági Versenyhivatal – “GVH”) in May 2018 (the “Initial Decision”) approving the acquisition … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Government, Hungary, Investment, Law, Media, News, Romania, Technology, Telecom
Tagged competition authority, DIGI COMMUNICATIONS N.V., Digi Communications NV, Digi HU, Digi Hungary, DIGI Távközlési és Szolgáltató Kft., Exemption Decision, Gazdasági Versenyhivatal, GVH, Hungarian Competition Council, i-TV Digitalis, i-TV Digitális Távközlési Zrt., Ilford Holding Kft., InviTechnocom Kft., Invitel merger, Invitel Távközlési Zrt, Invitel Technocom Távközlési Kft., MERGER, Mergers, mobile services, MVNO, RCS & RDS, Serghei Bulgac, settlement agreement, telecommunications services, transactions
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN THE UNITES STATES OF AMERICA PARIS, 22-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Safran (Euronext Paris : SAF) and Zodiac Aerospace today signed an agreement for the merger of Zodiac Aerospace into Safran, as announced on June 1, … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, France, Management
Tagged aerospace, MERGER, Safran, Zodiac Aerospace
Agreement to combine European steel operations in 50/50 joint venture thyssenkrupp Tata Steel Proposed new company to focus on quality and technology leadership Expected annual synergies of €400-€500 million plus synergies in capex and working capital optimization confirmed by due … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Industrial, Metals and Minerals
Tagged Dr. Heinrich Hiesinger, joint_venture, MERGER, STEEL, steel businesses, Tata Steel, ThyssenKrupp AG
PARIS, 05-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Governing bodies of Safran and Zodiac Aerospace and the employee representatives at the two companies were informed of an envisaged merger of the entities via the absorption of Zodiac Aerospace by Safran. The contemplated merger is … Read the full press release
Posted in Aviation & Aerospace, Business, Defence, France
Tagged aerospace, contemplated merger, Defense, MERGER, Safran, space, Zodiac Aerospace
LONDON, 06-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Further to the announcement dated 13 November 2017, Vodafone India has completed the sale of its standalone tower business in India[1] to ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited (“ATC”) for an enterprise value of INR 38.5 billion (€ … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Technology, Telecom
Tagged acquisition, ATC Telecom Infrastructure Private Limited, MERGER, TELECOM, tower, Vodafone India
Tacke underscored the company’s commitment to Spain and, specifically, the Basque region, home to Siemens Gamesa’s headquarters “The rationale of our merger brings us a great competitive advantage, unlocking our size and scale; our unmatched business and geographic diversification; our … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Spain
Tagged ENERGY, Financial, Management, Markus Tacke, MERGER, Rosa García, share holders, Siemens Gamesa
Etten-Leur, the Netherlands and Solna, Sweden, 19-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — BEWi Group AB (“BEWi”) today announced that it has submitted a binding offer to acquire Synbra Holding B.V. (“Synbra”), a leading manufacturer of particle foam products for thermal (building and construction) and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Investment, Management, Netherlands, Sweden
Tagged acquisition, BEWi Group AB, Christiaan Bekken, EPLA, EPP, EPS, foam, Gilde Buy Out Partners, hvac, MERGER, polystyrene, Rik Dobbelaere, Synbra Holding B.V., thermal
On the company’s 20th anniversary, the owners of the Austrian IT service provider ANECON gave themselves a very special present. On January 8, they signed the contract to join Nagarro and secure their future VIENNA, 24-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vienna, … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Denmark, Germany, Internet & Online, Management, News, Norway, Technology
Tagged acquisition, analytics, ANECON, ANECON GmbH, Application Development, Austrian IT service provider, Big Data, Cloud services, CRM, Damianos Soumelidis, DevOps, ERP, Hannes Färberböck, Hans Schmit, Johannes Adler, MERGER, Nagarro, Nagarro Austria, Paul Kurt Haberfellner, scalable IT services, Thomas Riedl
The CMA has found that the merger of soft drink manufacturers Refresco and Cott could lead to higher prices for some supermarkets and leading household brands. LONDON, 04-Jan-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Competition and Markets Authority has been carrying out an initial … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Government, Investment, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Cott, MERGER, Rachel Merelie, Refresco, supermarkets, UK Competition and Markets Authority
GENOA, 28-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — Notice is hereby given that the deed of merger by incorporation of ERG Services S.p.A. into ERG S.p.A., signed on 21 December 2016, has been filed today with the Companies’ Register at the Genoa Chamber of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Italy, Management
Tagged ERG S.p.A., ERG Services S.p.A., MERGER
The merger will create a new major player in the consulting engineering industry. With over 2,000 employees globally, the merged company is ready for continued growth – especially abroad. Virum, Denmark, 22-Dec-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — With the merger of ALECTIA and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Food & Beverage, Management
Tagged ALECTIA, Carsten Toft Boesen, consulting engineering industry, Jesper Mailind, MERGER, NIRAS
Milan / Rome, Italy, 11-12-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Impregilo S.p.A., a company managed and coordinated by Salini S.p.A., wishes to announce that the deed of merger by incorporation of Salini S.p.A. into Impregilo S.p.A., filed on 3 December 2013 at the Companies … Read the full press release
Turin, Italy, 03-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — CNH Industrial N.V. (CNHI) announces that, on September 27 and 28, 2013, the deed of merger relating to the merger of Fiat Industrial S.p.A. with and into CNH Industrial N.V. and the deed of merger relating to … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Italy
Tagged CNH Global N.V., CNH Industrial N.V., common shares, Fiat Industrial S.p.A, Guido Tabellini, Jacqueline Tammenoms Bakker, Jacques Theurillat, John Elkann, John Lanaway, Léo W. Houle, MERGER, Mina Gerowin, Patrizia Grieco, Peter Kalantzis, Richard Tobin, Sergio Marchionne
05-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the merger of Aktia plc with Aktia Bank plc on 1 July 2013, all shareholders of Aktia plc are summoned to a shareholder meeting to determine the final account of Aktia plc. The shareholder meeting is held … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Financial, Finland, Insurance, Real Estate
Tagged Aktia Bank plc, Aktia plc, Eerikinkatu 2, Helsinki, MERGER, Mia Bengts, shareholder meeting, shareholders, summoned, Tekniskas Salar
Contract Signing Follows Final Negotiation Between Shareholders Markus Dohle To Serve As CEO Bertelsmann Appoints Five Board Of Directors Members, Pearson Four All Territorial Regulatory Approvals Received Without Conditions 19-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Bertelsmann and Pearson today signed the final contracts … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Investment, Media, United Kingdom
Tagged Bertelsmann, Markus Dohle, MERGER, Pearson, Penguin Group, Penguin Random House, publishing, Random House
12-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — On 14 May 2012, DONG Energy announced considerations about its future involvement in the municipal utility company Stadtwerke Lübeck GmbH. DONG Energy has a 25.1 % stake. Whilst still subject to certain conditions including merger control clearance in Germany, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Germany, Investment
Tagged acquisition, divested, divestment, Dong Energy, MERGER, Stadtwerke Lübeck GmbH, stak, utility
Conceptus imminently to become a wholly-owned Bayer subsidiary Leverkusen, 5-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Bayer Group has successfully completed its tender offer for the outstanding shares of Conceptus, Inc., Mountain View, California (NASDAQ:CPTS). As of the expiration of the offer period … Read the full press release
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