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Takeda seeks takeover of Shire
5th December 2018
This is a massive merger story - the largest in Japan - as Takeda gets shareholder approval for a £46bn takeover of pharmaceutical company, Shire. The new company will be one of the largest 10 in the UK. Shire was founded in the UK but their corporate HQ is now in Dublin where corporation tax rates are lower.
Takeda investors back £46bn takeover of UK-listed Shire https://t.co/RmWjAkELdZ
— Sky News (@SkyNews) December 5, 2018
Look how much bigger the Takeda-Shire deal would be compared with other M&A by Japanese companies https://t.co/qx4Fb9nZH4 pic.twitter.com/mSUPW4m3u1
— Yumiko Ono (@yumikoono) December 5, 2018
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