The widow of Czech billionaire Petr Kellner has been listed as the largest shareholder of telecoms firm O2 Czech Republic and MONETA Money Bank, regulatory filings showed on Tuesday, amid ongoing inheritance proceedings.
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ABUJA (Reuters) - Four oil firms including Nigeria’s state-oil company have approached Dangote Industries to acquire a stake in Africa’s largest oil refinery, a senior executive told Reuters on Friday.
FILE PHOTO: A worker walks past storage tanks at Dangote oil refinery in Ibeju Lekki district, on the outskirts of Lagos, Nigeria August 7, 2019. Picture taken August 7, 2019. REUTERS/Temilade Adelaja
Devakumar Edwin, group executive director, said the firms from Western and Middle East countries and involved in trading and crude production were looking to secure crude supply agreements, a similar objective to that pursued by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
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May 27 (Reuters) - Canadian miner Noront Resources is looking to adopt a poison-pill plan to thwart a potential takeover of the company by Australian mining magnate Andrew Forrest’s Wyloo Metals.
Wyloo’s unsolicited bid for the remaining shares of the company values Noront at C$133 million ($110.12 million), or C$0.315 per share. It is Noront’s top shareholder, with a 23% stake as of December.
“The rights plan is designed to ensure that all Noront shareholders are treated fairly in connection with any takeover bid and to protect against ‘creeping bids’ for the outstanding common shares of Noront,” the miner said in its statement.
Italian financial group Unipol has raised its stake in Popolare di Sondrio to 7%, in a move that may ease a tie-up between the regional bank and bigger rival BPER Banca.