News Digest Item
08 Dec 2017

Uniper offers investors cash to fend off hostile Finnish takeover

Financial Times

Fossil utility Uniper has promised to raise its dividend by 25 percent every year until 2020 in its battle to remain independent, reports Tobias Buck in the Financial Times. The E.ON spin-off needs to win over shareholders to fend off a hostile takeover bid from Finnish rival Fortum.

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