Canada's Couche-Tard Drops Carrefour Takeover Plan, Sources Say --Reuters
January 15 2021 - 7:23PM
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-- Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. has dropped an offer
to buy hypermarket chain Carrefour SA after it ran into opposition
from the French government, Reuters reported, citing two sources
familiar with the matter.
-- The Wall Street Journal earlier on Friday reported, citing
people familiar with the matter, that French Finance Minister Bruno
Le Maire told Couche-Tard Chairman Alain Bouchard in a closed-door
meeting in Paris on Friday that he was opposed to the takeover.
-- Mr. Le Maire told the executive the sale would put France's
food security and tens of thousands of jobs at risk, The Journal
reported.
Full Reuters story:
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-carrefour-m-a-couchetard-lemaire/exclusive-canadas-couche-tard-drops-20-billion-carrefour-takeover-plan-sources-idUSKBN29K0UU?il=0
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