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Porsche,
Volkswagen
In an effort to redefine itself as the next great German monolith, "Dr. Ing. H.c F.
Porsche AG" will be rebirthed as "
Porsche Automobil Holding SE" during a meeting on June 26th.
The reasoning behind the renaming is to better reflect
Porsche's investment in other automobile manufacturers, namely
Volkswagen, in which
Porsche currently has a 30.9-percent stake. Thus,
Porsche will be reborn as a holding company with two operations,
Porsche and
Volkswagen.
German law has forced
Porsche to make a takeover offer for
Volkswagen since its stake has grown above 30%. The bid is on the table until May 29th, but shareholders aren't expected to jump at the opportunity, considering that the current bid offered by
Porsche is well below the company's market value.
We'll see how things flesh out, but considering
Porsche's newfound dominance in the market, we're expecting some Germanic fireworks come the end of the month and
Volkswagen to be answering to Stuttgart at some point in the near future.
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