Tag: takeover
Mexico: Banorte’s Interacciones takeover approved by regulator
Mexico’s competition authority has approved Grupo Financiero Banorte’s purchase of peer Grupo Financiero Interacciones, Banorte said in a statement on Thursday.
The Federal Commission for...
UK/South Africa: Sibanye’s Lonmin takeover cleared by antitrust body
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) unconditionally cleared South Africa-based Sibanye-Stillwater’s proposed takeover of Lonmin on Thursday, June 28, telling Reuters the mining merger...
EU: Commission to probe BASF bid to take over Solvay business
The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation into chemical company BASF’s proposed takeover of Solvay’s nylon business, according to a statement issued Tuesday,...
UK: CMA to examine Ion’s takeover of Fidessa
Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said on Monday it would examine whether Ion Capital’s proposed acquisition of financial systems firm Fidessa will stifle competition,...
EU: Commission starts phase II investigation into T-Mobile takeover of Tele2
<Tele2 announced the European Commission (EC) has announced its decision to initiate a Phase II investigation into the acquisition of Tele2 Netherlands by T-Mobile...
EU: Bayer to retire Monsanto name in merger
Bayer's takeover of US seed giant Monsanto will be completed on Thursday, June 7, the company has said. Although Bayer will acquire all of...
Portugal: Antitrust regulator rejects Altice remedies for takeover of Media Capital
Altice has been informed by Portugal's Competition Authority (AdC) that the remedies the French group proposed to gain approval for its acquisition of Media...
US: Fifth Third buys Chicago’s MB Financial for US$4.7b
With a US$4.7 billion takeover of Chicago-based MB Financial announced Monday, May 21, Fifth Third is making the splashy type of acquisition that has...
EU: Vivendi takeover of Telecom Italia approved
Vivendi's acquisition of Telecom Italia was cleared by the European Union's antitrust watchdog Tuesday on the condition the Italian telecommunications operator divests its stake...
China: ChemChina says Syngenta deal filing accepted by Beijing
On Monday ChemChina said that Beijing had accepted its application for regulatory approval of its $43 billion takeover of Syngenta last month.
Earlier Gao Hucheng,...