Prietprater schreef op 22 augustus 2013 23:20:
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The Dutch telecom operator KPN recommended that its shareholders approve the sale of the company's German business, E-Plus, to Spanish operator Telefonica. The latter has offered KPN $6.7 billion in cash and 17.6 percent interest in Telefonica Deutschland. The deal, if it goes through, will frustrate Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim's bid to buy KPN as a whole. Slim's America Movil owns a blocking stake in the Dutch operator, but acquired it too late to vote in the extraordinary shareholders' meeting in October. Slim, the world's richest man, is actively seeking to broaden his company's European presence and unlikely to give up if KPN shareholders side with the management: He will probably try to increase his stake and call another general meeting to reverse the decision. There is still time for Slim to pull that off, since the German antitrust authorities have not yet approved the E-Plus deal.