By Jean-Baptiste Vey and Benjamin Mallet PARIS (Reuters) - The French government gave itself the power to block foreign corporate takeovers in \"strategic\" sectors on Thursday, throwing up a potential roadblock to General Electric's $16.9 billion (10 billion pounds) bid for Alstom's energy assets. General Electric (GE) said it would pursue its talks for a deal with Alstom, but some analysts suggested it would encourage rival suitor Siemens. The move extends a 2005 law on defence and other industries and gives the state much-increased powers to block foreign takeovers in the energy, water, transport, telecoms and health sectors - potentially affecting about a quarter of the companies in France's CAC-40 blue-chip equities index. Any such acquisition will now need the approval of the economy minister, the decree published in France's Official Journal said.
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