Zurich (ots) - Cognosense and Boxalino, two Swiss technology companies, have today announced plans to merge their operations as part of an agreement that will see the newly created corporation become a leading global software and professional services provider. The new corporation will retain the Boxalino ...
Irvine, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - Special Stockholders Meeting to Approve Merger With Integra on October 11, 2007 IsoTis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISOT) ("IsoTis"), an orthobiologics company, today announced the filing of a definitive proxy statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") in connection with the IsoTis-Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: IART) ("Integra") combination. ...
Gothenburg, Sweden (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., today concluded an agreement, through its subsidiary, Nissan Forklift Europe B.V., with the shareholders of Atlet AB to acquire a 100% stake in the Swedish warehouse equipment manufacturer. "Atlet is the ideal partner for us to reinforce our position as a major player in the global material handling market thanks to their high quality products, which complement our existing product line-up," said Toshio ...
London (ots/PRNewswire) - GE Energy (NYSE: GE) today announced a recommended cash offer of a GBP289 million to acquire Sondex plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, to further expand its capability and expertise in oil & gas production technologies. Sondex is headquartered in Hampshire in the UK ...
Tokyo (ots/PRNewswire) - - Kyushu Plant Joins Sunderland Plant as a New Source for Crossover Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced that it will expand the production of its popular Qashqai/Dualis mid-size crossover, adding new capacity at the Kyushu plant in Japan to meet high local demand and freeing up more capacity at its Sunderland plant in the UK for European sales . Production of the Dualis (Japan market ...
Hamilton, Bermuda (ots/PRNewswire) - Everest Capital Ltd., in a letter to the Chairman of the Board of the Norwegian marine geophysical company, Wavefield Inseis ASA, has urged the firm to appoint advisors to assist in maximizing shareholder value. In the letter dated August 10, Everest suggested it either put the company up for sale or persuade TGS-NOPEC, with whom there is an existing merger agreement, to ...
San Ramon, California (ots/PRNewswire) - Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX) today announced the completion of the sale by its subsidiaries in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (Benelux) of their fuels marketing business to Dutch company Delek Benelux B.V., a subsidiary of Israeli company Delek Group. The amount paid to Chevron on the close date of August 8, 2007, was USD $516 million, which excludes a final ...
Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation and IsoTis, Inc.
Plainsboro, New Jersey and Irvine, California (ots/PRNewswire) - - Creating a Global Leader in Orthobiologics Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: IART) ("Integra") and IsoTis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISOT) ("IsoTis") announced today a definitive agreement whereby Integra would acquire IsoTis in an all cash transaction. This strategic combination, unanimously approved by the Board of Directors of IsoTis, ...
- Transaction creates a leading laboratory services group in Europe operating under the name "Unilabs" - Binding purchase agreement signed with Unilabs' majority shareholders to acquire 50.08% of the Unilabs voting rights and 38.10% of the capital - Intention to launch public tender offer at CHF 57.50 per Unilabs bearer Unanimous support of transaction by Unilabs Board of Directors ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan and Stuttgart, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - Chrysler announced that the sale of the majority interest in the Chrysler Group to an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. was completed today, creating Chrysler LLC, or "The New Chrysler" -- the first major North American automotive manufacturer in more than a half century to be privately owned. On May 14, 2007, DaimlerChrysler AG ...
Montreal, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - TORR Canada Inc. (TSX: TOR) ("TORR"), dedicated to providing water treatment to the Oil & Gas industry, announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Hitec Vision Private Equity III AS and Statoil Innovation AS to acquire all the shares of Norwegian-based Pure Group AS, a provider of leading technologies for oil, gas and water purification. The purchase price of ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - Valeo announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Connaught Electronics Ltd. (CEL), an Irish producer of vehicle electronics. This acquisition strengthens Valeo's Driving Assistance Domain through the extension of its line of camera-based vision solutions for low-speed maneuvering. Headquartered in Tuam near Galway in ...
Irvine, California (ots/PRNewswire) - IsoTis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISOT), the orthobiologics company ("IsoTis"), today announced that it has concluded the squeeze-out merger of ISOTIS SA following an Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders on July 23, 2007. As a result, ISOTIS SA has merged with and into IsoTis International SA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IsoTis, and no longer exists as a separate legal entity. After ...
London and New York (ots/PRNewswire) - - With This Acquisition Capco Increases its Access to the Rapidly Growing Derivatives Market and Further Strengthens its Consulting and Technology Services Offerings Capco, the global provider of integrated transformation services for the financial services industry, today announced that it has acquired City Practitioners. City Practitioners is a consulting and technology ...
Paris (ots/PRNewswire) - European Capital S.A. SICAR, a wholly-owned subsidiary of European Capital Limited ("European Capital") (LSE: ECAS), announced today that it has made an additional euro 15.5 million (US$21 million) investment in its portfolio company, the Spotless Group, to support its acquisition of ...
Starr International Company, Inc.
New York (ots/PRNewswire) - Starr International Company, Inc. ("SICO"), through its wholly-owned subsidiary Starr Investments Cayman I, Inc., acquired a substantial shareholding in Discovery Russian Realty Paveletskaya Project Limited, a real estate development company which will develop a mixed use complex in the Paveletskaya business area in Moscow. ...
Midland, Michigan and Leverkusen, Germany (ots/PRNewswire) - - Dow Secures Application Expertise and Broader Cellulosics Offering for End-use Segments The Dow Chemical Company and the Bayer Group today announced the closing of Dow's acquisition of Wolff Walsrode. The purchase price of EUR 540 million (approximately USD 725 million) includes a cash component and the assumption of financial debt and pension ...
Lakewood, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO UNITED STATES WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES/ Fronteer Development Group (TSX and AMEX - FRG)("Fronteer") and NewWest Gold Corporation (TSX- NWG)("NewWest") announced today that Fronteer has entered into a lock-up ...
Geneva, Valencia, Sao Paulo (ots) - WISeKey is expanding its global reach to South America. This cooperation allows the WISeKey Spanish subsidiary, with head offices in Bilbao, to expand its cooperation with Brasilinvest to offer WISeKey's technology in both Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries. WISeKey is currently a leading provider of Internet security. ...
Aartselaar, Belgium (ots/PRNewswire) - Nissan Europe, Marubeni Corporation and Marubeni Europe Plc signed an agreement on 6 June 2007 agreeing on the terms and conditions under which Nissan Europe may purchase from Marubeni Corporation and Marubeni Europe Plc, 100% of the shares in Nissan Belgium N.V.. The effective purchase of the shares in Nissan Belgium N.V is subject to certain conditions, including prior approval ...
Irvine, California (ots/PRNewswire) - IsoTis, Inc. (NASDAQ: ISOT), the orthobiologics company, today announced that it is at the final stage of concluding the Exchange Offer it launched for all of the outstanding shares of ISOTIS SA on December 15, 2006. After this last step of the Exchange Offer, ISOTIS SA will no longer be listed on SWX Swiss Exchange, Euronext Amsterdam and the Toronto Stock Exchange. On ...
Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ots/PRNewswire) - On January 29, 2007, Gemalto announced that it had acquired 100% of the shares of Gemplus International S.A. ("Gemplus") following its Public Exchange Offer and the completion of the mandatory squeeze-out of the Gemplus shares, in transactions exempt from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933. ...
Abbotsford, British Columbia (ots/PRNewswire) - ICS COPPER SYSTEMS LTD. (ICX:TSX.V) is pleased to announce that it has entered into two agreements with A & Cladava to develop a total of three exploration mining properties in the DRC. The first agreement, dated 20th May 2007, is a joint venture agreement ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan (ots/PRNewswire) - In the news release, "DaimlerChrysler Definitive Agreement to Sell Chrysler Group (including Chrysler Financial Corporation) to Cerberus Capital Management, L.P." issued on 14 May 2007 09:24 GMT, by DaimlerChrysler NYSE:DCX over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that the first sentence should read "Attribute: Tom LaSorda, President and CEO, Chrysler ...
Auburn Hills, Michigan (ots/PRNewswire) - - Attribute: Tom LaSorda, President and CEO, Chrysler Group: "We are confident that this transaction will create a standalone Chrysler that is financially stronger, with a winning combination of people, industry know-how, operational expertise and spirit ...
Pittsburgh (ots/PRNewswire) - - Combination Creates a World Class Global Generics Leader - - Significant Scale and Breadth Will Drive Major Operating Efficiencies - - Highly Complementary Transaction Further Strengthens Mylan's Product Portfolio - - Accelerates Mylan's Revenue and Earnings Growth - - Anticipated to be Cash EPS(1) Neutral in 2nd Full Year - Mylan Laboratories Inc. (NYSE: MYL) ...
Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Oremex Resources Inc. (TSX-V: ORM) (the "Company") today announced that it has acquired the Santa Catarina massive sulphide gold property near the village of Santa Catarina in Sinaloa State, Mexico. The massive sulphide deposit (primarily pyrrhotite with minor chalcopyrite), carrying gold values that range from 0.24 to 0.55 ...
Vancouver, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - Mawson Resources Limited ("Mawson") (TSXv - MAW; Frankfurt - MRY). Michael Hudson, President & CEO, announced today that the Company had secured four uranium exploration claims totaling 11,400 hectares in the Salamanca uranium mining district of Western Spain. The ground was awarded to Mawson after a competitive public tender over areas previously held by the Spanish Government ...
Groupe Laperriere & Verreault Inc.
Montreal, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - In the news release, "GL&V Sells its Process Group to FLSmidth for US$950 M and Spins Off to Shareholders its Water Treatment and Pulp and Paper Groups" issued on 20 Apr 2007 09:21 GMT, by GROUPE LAPERRIERE & VERREAULT INC over PR Newswire, we are advised by a representative of the company that all dollar values should have been Canadian rather than U.S. as incorrectly ...
Groupe Laperriere & Verreault Inc.
Montreal, Canada (ots/PRNewswire) - - Upon the closing of the transaction, GL&V shareholders will receive, for each GL&V share held, a cash consideration of US$33 and one share of a new corporation ("NewCo") combining the Water Treatment, Pulp and Paper and Manufacturing groups. ...