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News about Nestlé

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Tuesday, January 5, 2010, In : confectionery 

Nestlé  announced  yesterday that pharmaceuticals group Novartis had exercised its call option to buy a 52% stake in Alcon for around US$28bn in cash. Novartis has bought 25% of Alcon in April 2008 for $10.4bn and plans to buy the remaining 23% of the business, offering investors a 12% premium if they agree to exchange their Alcon shares for Novartis ones. The move will cost around $11.2bn

Nestle has also confirmed that it plans to invest GBP15m (US$24.2m) over the next three years to upgrade...


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Lindt seen as possible target for Nestlé in 2010

Posted by Turgut Ziyal on Tuesday, November 17, 2009, In : Mergers and Acquisitions 

Lindt & Sprungli, the upmarket Swiss chocolate maker, is the sector’s “obvious” takeover target and could be snapped up next year, one analyst has claimed - with Nestle seen as the favourite to buy the business. Jon Cox, an analyst at Kepler Capital Markets in Zurich,  cut his estimate for Lindt’s share price in 2010, citing the pressure rising cocoa costs will put on margins. In August, Lindt reported a slump in half-year profits and Cox argued that the company could issue a profit w...


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getfoodnews In this blog I try to compile the news related with food industry. This includes food companies, retailers, ingredients, regulations, mergers&acqusitions and others. In each post I try to designate the source of the news and add a link to the original document. I hope you find it useful. For any comments please feel free to send me an email (turgut@getfoodnews.com). You can post your comments inside the boxes appearing at the end of each posting when clicked the headline.
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