(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
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