AGROFERT ANTICIPATES GREENLIGHTS FROM BRUSSELS FOR PLANNED GERMAN BAKERY TAKE-OVER
April 1st, 2013
THE CZECH group Agrofert Holding has told just-food it expects to get a green light from the European Commission for its planned takeover of German bakery group Lieken. “Considering the fact that Agrofert does not own any bakeries in Germany, we don’t expect complications,” said Agrofert Holding’s spokesman Karel Hanzelka. The European Commission’s competition authority will discuss the matter by the end of May and by then the deal’s details should be clear, said Hanzelka, who confirmed a bid had been made.“We don’t come to make a revolution in ...
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