Tag: Antitrust takeover
Norway’s Watchdog Stops DNB’s $1.3B Sbanken Takeover
The Norwegian Competition Authority (NCA) said that Norway’s largest bank DNB should not be allowed to buy online rival Sbanken as the deal would...
UK’s Digital Secretary Wants Watchdog To Further Probe NVIDIA’s Takeover Of...
UK’s Digital Secretary Nadine Dorries has written to the CMA instructing them to carry out an in-depth Phase Two investigation of the proposed acquisition...
Watchdog OKs Shinsegae’s Emart Takeover Of eBay South Korea
Shinsegae’s Emart will not be taking over eBay Korea after the local antitrust regulator finally approved the hypermarket chain’s acquisition plan. The approval was...
Britain Intervenes In Takeover Bid By US Aerospace Firm Parker For...
On Monday, October 18, the UK announced it was intervening in a proposed US$8.65 billion takeover by US aerospace firm Parker-Hannifin of its British...
Vista In $1.5B Robotics Deal With Blue Prism
US private equity firm Vista Equity is to buy British software firm Blue Prism for £1.1 billion (US$1.50 billion) in a bid to grow...
French Watchdog Opens In-Depth Probe On The Takeover Of Conforama By...
France’s antitrust watchdog has opened an in-depth review into Mobilux Group’s acquisition of struggling furniture retailer Conforama France, although local lawyers believe it will...
Norway’s Watchdog Opposes DNB’s $1.3B Sbanken Takeover
Norway’s largest bank DNB should not be allowed to buy online rival Sbanken as the deal could hurt customers in the mutual fund market,...
UK’s Morrisons Agrees To CD&R’s $9.54B Takeover Offer
British supermarket group Morrisons on Thursday, August 19, agreed a takeover offer worth £7.0 billion (SU$9.54 billion) from US private equity group Clayton, Dubilier &...
UK’s Morrisons Agrees $8.7B Takeover By Fortress-led Group
Morrisons has agreed to a takeover led by SoftBank owned Fortress Investment Group that values Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket chain at 6.3 billion pounds ($8.7...
Spanish Regulator Approves Masmovil’s €2B Takeover
Spain's competition regulator has given its first phase approval to the takeover of telecom operator Euskaltel by rival Masmovil Ibercom.
The regulator stated in a...
