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New pensions obligations: the Takeover Panel introduces changes which will align the role of pension trustees in offer situations to that of the target’s employee representatives

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 21 2013

On 22 April 2013, the Takeover Panel announced the introduction of new rules in relation to defined benefit pension plans operated by target

Is your company now subject to the UK Takeover Code

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 17 2013

The revised Code will now apply to all companies traded on AIM with registered offices in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man

Global M&A series: consumer & retail 2013

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • China, Global, Russia, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 8 2013

In an era of households cutting back and weak confidence about the future, consumer and retail sector dealmaking has proven a bright spot for M&A

UK Takeover Code: new pensions obligations

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • April 30 2013

The Panel on Takeovers & Mergers (the "Takeover Panel") has announced the introduction of new rules in relation to defined benefit pension plans

Capital markets practice: news round-up

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union, United Kingdom
  • -
  • December 18 2012

Welcome to the latest in our series of regular alerts containing a round-up of news from our capital markets practice

The UK Takeover Code - 12 months on from the overhaul

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • September 18 2012

On 19 September 2011 (the "Implementation Date") the City Code on Takeovers & Mergers (the "Takeover Code") underwent the most significant overhaul of recent times in the wake of the controversy around Kraft Foods’ takeover of Cadbury the previous year

Takeovers: EU Takeovers Directive: the European Commission publishes review of the EU takeovers regime

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • August 20 2012

The European Commission has published a review of the operation of the Takeover Directive (200425EC

Corporate governance: reporting anti-corruption measures: transparency international publishes recommendations for multi-national companies

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 30 2012

Transparency International’s latest report, ‘Transparency in corporate reporting: assessing the world’s largest companies’ (published on 10 July 2012), follows Transparency International’s analysis of the reporting of anti-corruption measures by over one hundred of the largest publicly listed multi-national companies

The Takeover Code: the Takeover Panel launches three new consultations on proposed changes to the code

  • Squire Sanders
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • July 30 2012

On 5 July 2012, the Takeover Panel published three consultation papers containing proposed amendments to the Takeover Code

FSA’ fines Sir Ken Morrison for failure to disclose reduced shareholdings in Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

  • Squire Sanders Hammonds
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  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • October 4 2011

The Financial Services Authority (‘FSA’) has published a Final Notice (dated 16 August 2011) imposing a penalty of £210,000 on Sir Ken Morrison, the former chairman of Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc (‘the Company’), for breach of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules (‘DTR’) resulting from a failure to disclose his reduced shareholding and voting rights in the Company