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EU and US give go-ahead to GE, Alstom deal

9 September 2015
Electricity
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European Union antitrust regulators will give their blessing to General Electric’s 12.4 billion euros (13.9 billion dollars) bid for French peer Alstom’s power business, its largest ever deal, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday, according to Reuters.

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager will hold a press conference at 1400 GMT (10 a.m. EDT) in Strasbourg to announce her approval following the weekly European Commission meeting, the sources said. The clearance, however, comes with conditions.

U.S. authorities, the other key regulatory approval still pending, are also expected to give their go ahead around the same time on Tuesday.

Reuters reported on Aug. 14 that the deal would be approved by the European Commission with conditions.

The EU green light will come as a relief to GE, 14 years after the Commission stymied its 42 billion dollars offer for Honeywell International despite clearance by U.S. authorities.

It will also allow it to implement a major cost-cutting program 16 months after announcing the deal.

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