Comissão europeia autoriza Porsche a adquirir a VW
Segundo o Automotive News Europe (link pago), a Comissão Europeia autorizou a Porsche a tomar uma participção maioritária na Volkswagen (notícia integral mais abaixo).
A notícia cai bem nos 60 anos da marca, mas é particularmente significativa à luz destes excelentes videos divulgados no site inglês da Porsche e que enaltecem o "Espírito de Independência" como o principal valor da marca.
Irónico, não?
"Independence has always been the attitude at Porsche. To do not what
is expected, but what we feel is right. In the beginning I looked around and
could not find quite the car I dreamed of. (...) So I decided to buil it
myself."
is expected, but what we feel is right. In the beginning I looked around and
could not find quite the car I dreamed of. (...) So I decided to buil it
myself."
Ferry Porsche
Notícia do Automotive News:
EU approves Porsche purchase of Volkswagen
July 24, 2008 09:00 CET
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -- German sports car maker Porsche won permission from the European Commission on Wednesday to acquire control of Volkswagen.
"The Commission's examination of the transaction showed that horizontal overlaps between Volkswagen and Porsche are limited," the EU executive said in a statement."For all car segments concerned, Porsche will continue to face several strong, effective competitors with significant market shares," the statement said.
In March, Porsche's supervisory body authorized the purchase of a majority stake in Volkswagen for an investment of nearly 10 billion euros ($15.73 billion).Lifting its stake above 50 percent did not require Porsche to make a full bid for Volkswagen (VW) because it made an offer at the legal minimum price last year, which few investors took up. The German state of Lower Saxony, VW's second biggest shareholder with around 20 percent of the votes in Europe's biggest automaker, said in March it would keep its stake and continue to play an active role as Porsche's partner.
Porsche, controlled by the family of VW Chairman Ferdinand Piech, has long been expected to gain majority control of VW after Europe's highest court last year struck down a German law that capped individual shareholders' voting rights in VW. Porsche began building its VW stake in 2005.
In the wake of last year's ruling, the German government is debating a new VW law whose draft version preserves a strong say for VW staff and Lower Saxony, something Porsche is fighting.
