esprit se schreef:
De nu nog grotere gecompliceerdheid van een evt. deal voor SPLS zal m.i. extra druk geven op een (typisch Amerikaanse) simpele en snelle oplossing / "power play" .............
Lees ook bijgaand artikel eens:
-----"Staples made an all-cash offer for a reluctant European target at a time when the U.S. dollar remains weak compared with the euro. It also pushed ahead with its bid despite the historical trend of failure for hostile trans-Atlantic bids.
This year has been marked by an increase in unsolicited bids, but trans-Atlantic hostile offers remain rare.
"Hostile deals are more difficult to get done. There's more uncertainty around the execution of a hostile than there is around the execution of a friendly deal," said Joseph Frumkin, a partner with Sullivan & Cromwell LLP in New York.
"Doing a cross-border hostile is even more difficult because it adds one more layer of difficulty and uncertainty around getting a deal done," said Frumkin, who focuses on U.S. and cross-border mergers and acquisitions.-----"
www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/i...