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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Milan, Italy UniCredit and Ferrari a new partnership during the presentation conference with the respective CEOs at UniCredit headquarters in Milan .Andrea Orcel CEO UniCredit Group, Benedetto Vigna CEO Ferrari Milan, Italy on January 16, 2025. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - MILAN - The skyscraper headquarters of the Unicredit group in Piazza Gae Aulenti seen from the belvedere of Palazzo Lombardia. July 1 . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - MILAN - The skyscraper headquarters of the Unicredit group in Piazza Gae Aulenti seen from the belvedere of Palazzo Lombardia. July 1 . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Milan - Unicredit Bank. Italy. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Rome, Annual Report of the Bank of Italy final considerations of the Governor in the photo Andrea Orcel CEO of UniCredit . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Milan, Unicredit Building Italy on January 28, 2025. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Milan, Unicredit Building Italy on January 28, 2025. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Milan, Italy UniCredit and Ferrari a new partnership during the presentation conference with the respective CEOs at UniCredit headquarters in Milan .Andrea Orcel CEO UniCredit Group Milan, Italy on January 16, 2025. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Rome, Annual Report of the Bank of Italy final considerations of the Governor in the photo Andrea Orcel CEO of UniCredit . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Unicredit Headquarters, Piazza Gae Aulenti. Milan, Italy on April 17, 2019. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by Paolo Salmoirago/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Rome, Annual Report of the Bank of Italy final considerations of the Governor in the photo Andrea Orcel CEO of UniCredit . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Illustration - Milan - Banca Unicredit. Milan, Italy on September 11, 2024. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by Maurizio Maule/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Illustration - Milan - Banca Unicredit. Milan, Italy on September 11, 2024. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by Maurizio Maule/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Unicredit Headquarters, Piazza Gae Aulenti. Milan, Italy on April 17, 2019. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by Paolo Salmoirago/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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UniCredit Gains Ground Against Meloni Government in Banco BPM Case - Italy

FILE PICTURE - Milan, Italy UniCredit and Ferrari a new partnership during the presentation conference with the respective CEOs at UniCredit headquarters in Milan .Andrea Orcel CEO UniCredit Group Milan, Italy on January 16, 2025. . Banco BPM: UniCredit wins a round against the Meloni government. On Monday, the European Commission ruled that the conditions set by the Italian government for Unicredit's takeover of Banco BPM could be contrary to EU rules. At the end of last week, an Italian court had lifted conditions imposed by the Meloni government on UniCredit's bid for Banco BPM. Photo by IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Seven-Eleven convenience store outlet

Photo taken on Nov. 26, 2024, shows a Seven-Eleven convenience store outlet in New York operated by Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co. Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., the operator of the Circle K convenience stores, has made a takeover bid for its Japanese rival.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard outlet

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2024, shows an outlet of Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in Montreal. The operator of the Circle K convenience stores has made a takeover bid for Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience store chain.

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Alimentation Couche-Tard outlet

Photo taken on Nov. 21, 2024, shows an outlet of Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. in Montreal. The operator of Circle K convenience stores has made a takeover bid for Japan's Seven & i Holdings Co., the operator of the Seven-Eleven convenience store chain.

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SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) Announce Takeover Bid

SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) press conference regarding takeover bid. Photo shows, from right to left are SGHD President Hidekazu Matsumoto and C&F Logistics HD President Hiromasa Aya. ＝May 31, 2024, Japan

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SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) Announce Takeover Bid

SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) at a press conference regarding the tender offer. Photo shows, from left to right; C&F Logistics HD President Hiromasa Aya, SGHD President Hidekazu Matsumoto, and Sagawa Express President Masahide Kimura. ＝May 31, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) press conference regarding tender offer

SG Holdings Co., Ltd. and Chilled & Frozen Logistics Holdings Co., Ltd. (C&F Holdings) press conference regarding takeover bid. Photo shows, from right to left are SGHD President Hidekazu Matsumoto and C&F Logistics HD President Hiromasa Aya. ＝ May 31, 2024, Tokyo, Japan

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Otsuka to buy U.S. biopharmaceutical firm Avanir for $3.5 bil.

TOKYO, Japan - Tatsuo Higuchi, president of Otsuka Holdings Co., attends a press conference in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Dec. 2, 2014, on the planned acquisition by its subsidiary Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co. of California-based biopharmaceutical firm Avanir Pharmaceuticals Inc. for $3.54 billion through a tender offer to be followed by a merger. The Japanese nutrition product and drug manufacturer will pay $17 per Avanir share in the takeover bid through its U.S. subsidiary.

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Danone executive

TATEBAYASHI, Japan - John Davison, president of the dairy products division of major French food conglomerate Danone, speaks during a press conference in Tatebayashi, Gunma Prefecture, on April 11, 2013. He said the company is reluctant to launch a hostile takeover bid for Japanese lactic drink maker Yakult Honsha Co., with which it has been in talks to boost its stake in Yakult.

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Aeon to make Daiei a unit

TOKYO, Japan - Aeon Co. President Motoya Okada answers a reporter's question at a press conference in Tokyo on March 27, 2013. Japan's top retailer Aeon will increase its stake in Daiei Inc. through a takeover bid to make the smaller supermarket retailer a subsidiary, the two companies said the same day.

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Seibu Holdings opposes takeover bid by Cerberus

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Goto, president of Japanese railway and hotel operator Seibu Holdings Inc., announces the company's opposition to a takeover bid by its top shareholder, U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, due to concern such a move would undermine its corporate value, at a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2013.

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Seibu Holdings opposes takeover bid by Cerberus

TOKYO, Japan - Takashi Goto (C), president of Japanese railway and hotel operator Seibu Holdings Inc., announces the company's opposition to a takeover bid by its top shareholder, U.S. private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, due to concern such a move would undermine its corporate value, at a press conference in Tokyo on March 26, 2013.

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Canon to acquire biggest European printer maker Oce

TOKYO, Japan - Canon Inc. President Tsuneji Uchida (L) shakes hands with Anton Schaaf, chief technology officer and chief operating officer of Oce NV of the Netherlands, the biggest printer maker in Europe, during a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 16, 2009, at which they announced that Canon will acquire Oce through a takeover bid worth about 730 million euros (around 100 billion yen).

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Investment firm announces tender offer for Yoshimoto shares

TOKYO, Japan - Nobuyuki Idei (L), president of investment firm Quantum Entertainment and former chairman of Sony Corp., shakes hands with Hiroshi Oosaki, president of talent agency Yoshimoto Kogyo Co., during a press conference in Tokyo on Sept. 11, 2009. They announced that Quantum Entertainment will buy at least 70% of all outstanding Yoshimoto shares in a takeover bid.

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Shareholders OK Bull-Dog's adoption of takeover defense

TOKYO, Japan - Shoko Ikeda, president of Bull-Dog Sauce Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on June 24 after Bull-Dog Sauce shareholders approved the management's proposal in a general shareholders meeting to introduce a defense system aimed at foiling an unwanted takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners.

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Shareholders OK Bull-Dog's adoption of takeover defense

TOKYO, Japan - Shareholders arrive at Royal Park Hotel in Tokyo on June 24 to attend the general shareholders meeting of Bull-Dog Sauce Co. Bull-Dog shareholders voted in favor of the management's proposal to introduce a defense system aimed at foiling an unwanted takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners.

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Tenryu voices opposition to Steel Partners' takeover bid

HAMAMATSU, Japan - Hiroyoshi Suzuki, president of Tenryu Saw Mfg., speaks about a takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners at a news conference in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecuture, on June 13.

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Bull-Dog aims to foil Steel Partners' unwanted takeover bid

TOKYO, Japan - Bull-Dog Sauce Co. President Shoko Ikeda speaks about the company's plan to foil the tender offer being carried out by Steel Partners at a news conference in Tokyo on June 7.

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Hoya board backs launch of friendly TOB for Pentax

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows the head office of Hoya Corp. in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. The company said on April 23 that its board members have approved the idea of launching a friendly takeover bid for camera maker Pentax Corp.

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Sapporo's anti-takeover steps approved by shareholders

TOKYO, Japan - Sapporo Holdings Ltd. stockholders being registered for the company's general shareholders meeting in Tokyo on March 29. The stockholders approved by majority vote Sapporo's anti-takeover measures against a takeover bid by the company's biggest shareholder U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners.

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GE to buy Sanyo Electric Credit for 135 bil. yen

TOKYO, Japan - Sanyo Electric Credit Co. President Shoichi Oshima (R) speaks as GE Commercial Finance Asia CEO John Flannery looks on at a press conference in Osaka on March 23. General Electric Co. will launch a friendly takeover bid for Sanyo Electric Credit on March 26 to make it a wholly owned subsidiary for about 135 billion yen, Sanyo Electric Credit said.

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Citigroup to launch Nikko Cordial buyout bid on March 15

TOKYO, Japan - Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of the Japanese branch of Citibank N.A., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on March 14 about Citigroup's friendly takeover bid for Nikko Cordial Corp.

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Citigroup to launch buyout bid to make Nikko subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial Corp. President Shoji Kuwashima (L) and Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of the Japanese branch of Citibank N.A., at a news conference in Tokyo on March 6 where they announced that Citigroup Inc. will launch a takeover bid within a week to make Nikko Cordial a subsidiary.

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Citigroup to launch buyout bid to make Nikko subsidiary

TOKYO, Japan - Nikko Cordial Corp. President Shoji Kuwashima (L) and Douglas Peterson, chief executive officer of the Japanese branch of Citibank N.A., at a news conference in Tokyo on March 6, announcing that Citigroup Inc. will launch a takeover bid within a week to make Nikko Cordial a subsidiary.

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Sapporo asks Steel Partners to clarify aim of takeover bid

TOKYO, Japan - Sapporo Holdings Ltd. President Takao Murakami speaks at a news conference at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on March 1 as the company, the target of an unwanted takeover bid by U.S. hedge fund Steel Partners, said it has called on the fund to give more details on the purpose of the proposed acquisition. The move suggests that Sapporo, Japan's third-largest brewery, may exercise anti-takeover measures against Steel Partners.

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Myojo, Nissin enter capital tie-up talks

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a building housing Myojo Foods Co. in Tokyo. The Japanese instant-noodle maker has entered talks with industry leader Nissin Food Products Co. on a possible capital tie-up in an attempt to counter a hostile takeover bid by a U.S. investment fund, company officials said Nov. 10.

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Hokuetsu to form business tie-up with Nippon Paper

TOKYO, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (L) shakes hands with Nippon Paper Group Inc. President Masatomo Nakamura in Tokyo on Sept. 12. Hokuetsu, the recent target of an unsuccessful hostile takeover bid by Japan's largest paper mill Oji Paper Co., said the same day it will consider forming a business tie-up with Nippon Paper Industries Co.

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Oji Paper says takeover bid for Hokuetsu 'likely to fail'

TOKYO, Japan - Oji Paper Co. President Kazuhisa Shinoda speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 29. He said that his company's ongoing takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. ''is likely to fail,'' effectively ending the bid by the largest Japanese papermaker to merge with its smaller rival.

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Niigata mayor backs Hokuetsu's efforts to foil Oji takeover bid

NIIGATA, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (R) calls on Niigata Mayor Akira Shinoda (L) on Aug. 10 to ask for support for his company's efforts to thwart a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co.

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No plan for now to up purchase price for Hokuetsu shares: Oji

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhisa Shinoda, president of Oji Paper Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 11 about the company's ongoing hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd.

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Hokuetsu may mull tie-up with Nippon Paper to foil Oji takeover bid

TOKYO, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa (L) speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 9. He said the may consider forming an alliance with Nippon Paper Group Inc., the holding firm of Japan's second-largest papermaker, to thwart a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co.

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Independent Hokuetsu panel OKs anti-takeover steps vs. Oji

TOKYO, Japan - Toshiji Sato, chairman of Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd.'s independent panel, speaks with reporters late Aug. 8 after recommending that the company initiate measures to try to foil a hostile takeover bid by industry leader Oji Paper Co.

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Oji to launch hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu Wed.

TOKYO, Japan - Oji Paper Co. President Kazuhisa Shinoda tells a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 1 that the company will launch a hostile tender offer for Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. shares at 800 yen per share but that the price will be raised to 860 yen if Hokuetsu drops its capital boost plan under an accord with Mitsubishi Corp.

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Hokuetsu Paper rebuffs takeover proposal by Oji Paper

TOKYO, Japan - Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. President Masaaki Miwa speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on July 24. He said Japan's sixth largest paper company rejected a hostile takeover bid by Oji Paper Co., the country's No. 1 paper producer, by sticking to a planned capital and business tie-up with Mitsubishi Corp.

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Oji Paper to wage hostile takeover bid for Hokuetsu Paper Mills

TOKYO, Japan - Kazuhisa Shinoda, president of Japan's No. 1 paper producer Oji Paper Co., speaks at a news conference in Tokyo about the company's takeover bid to make Hokuetsu Paper Mills Ltd. a wholly owned subsidiary.

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'Stable' TBS shareholdings likely to reach 55%

TOKYO, Japan - The proportion of Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. shares held by long-term shareholders will reach 55 percent soon, sources close to the firm said Oct. 27. TBS has been trying to increase the number of ''stable'' shareholders to fend off a possible hostile takeover bid from Rakuten Inc., they said. Photo shows TBS headquarters in Tokyo.