Italcementi plans French merger

Ciments Français has announced that it plans to merge Société Internationale Italcementi France into its business in order to simplify the legal structure of the Italcementi/ with Ciments Français group. The deal is subject to the approval of a general meeting planned for 23 Decedmber but is expected to be more successful than Italcementi’s previous attempts to merge the whole of with Ciments Français into its business.
March 28, 2012 Read time: 1 min

1508 Ciments Francais has announced that it plans to merge 4558 Société Internationale 726 Italcementi France into its business in order to simplify the legal structure of the Italcementi/ with Ciments Français group.

The deal is subject to the approval of a general meeting planned for 23 Decedmber but is expected to be more successful than Italcementi’s previous attempts to merge the whole of with Ciments Français into its business.

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