OMV increased its shares at 18.6% of MOL and seeks merger
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Austrian group OMV announced on Monday the purchase of 8.6% of Hungarian company MOL for 1 billion euro, Forbes reports. Thus, OMV retains 18.6% of the company now, as compared to its previous 10% participation.According to Reuters, who quotes a reliable source, the Austrian group intends to take over the Hungarian company and seeks to initiate talks in this regard.As the source suggests, OMV wants to convince the Hungarian company management to accept a merger of the two companies to better ...