This bank, headquartered in Munich, was acquired in June 2005 by UniCredit Banca S.p.A. of Italy, headquartered in Milan, by way of a share swap. The transaction triggered a great deal of attention and also raised a number of fundamental and special regulatory issues. – See share swap takeover, alliances, cross-border, bank size, optimal, bank mergers, bidders, Europa-AG, Gigabank, Gibrat rule, size effects, size confidence, correspondent bank relationship, megamania, megamergers, subsidiarity principle, synergy potential, transaction bonus, takeover bid. – Cf. in detail BaFin Annual Report 2005, p. 173 ff. (here also on the exclusion of the takeover bid by foreign shareholders pursuant to Sec. 24 WpÜG).
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