China Approves CMA CGM to Acquire NOL

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World’s Third-largest Container Shipping Firm Expects to Table Offer by June 2

CMA.jpgCMA CGM S.A. (CMA CGM), a global leader in container shipping, announces that it has received yesterday confirmation that its pending acquisition of Neptune Orient Lines (NOL), Southeast Asia’s largest container shipping company (SGX: N03), has been cleared by the Anti-monopoly Bureau of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM).

With regulatory approvals now received from MOFCOM and the European Commission on its proposed voluntary general cash offer for NOL as announced on 7 December 2015 (Offer), CMA CGM expects to announce the Offer by June 2, 2016 (before 7 a.m.) at the latest.

Source: CMA CGM