RIP Shareholders – UBS offers to buy Credit Suisse for up to $1bn.


https://www.ft.com/content/ec4be743-052a-4381-a923-c2fbd7ea9cfd

UBS has offered to buy Credit Suisse for up to $1bn, with Swiss authorities planning to change the country’s laws to bypass a shareholder vote on the transaction as they rush to finalise a deal before Monday.

The all-share deal between Switzerland’s two biggest banks is set to be signed as soon as Sunday evening and will be priced at a fraction of Credit Suisse’s closing price on Friday, all but wiping out the target’s shareholders, four people with direct knowledge of the situation said.


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