14.08.2017
- AkzoNobel has won a second court case against US activist investor Elliott Advisors. An Amsterdam district court ruled on Aug. 10 that the coatings producer does not have to call a...
31.05.2017
- A Dutch court has rejected attempts by a group of AkzoNobel shareholders to force a special meeting to oust the company’s chairman, Antony Burgmans, who is viewed as the main...
20.04.2017
- AkzoNobel said it will press ahead with plans to spin off its Specialty Chemicals segment as an alternative to a merger with US rival PPG, which is pursuing a takeover of the Dutch...
17.01.2017
- On behalf of shareholders of Ariad Pharmaceuticals who claim their interests were not fairly represented in the sale of the company to Japanese drugmaker Takeda for $5.2 billion...
14.12.2016
- At a special meeting on Dec. 13, shareholders of US agriculture giant group voted nearly unanimously to approve the proposed merger with Germany’s Bayer, assuring themselves of the...
09.12.2016
- Shares of Israeli drugmaker Teva took a hit earlier this week when the company announced that its generics CEO, Siggi Olafsson, was leaving the company and would be replaced by...
08.09.2016
- An unnamed top-30 investor in Bayer has called the German group’s enhanced $127.50 per share revised offer for Monsanto, aimed at securing a deal to buy U.S. rival Monsanto, “far...
15.06.2016
- French drugmaker Sanofi today said it has filed definitive consent solicitation materials with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) seeking to remove and replace the...
