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Vekselberg-Sulzer saga draws “Moscow threat”
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The Swiss Federal Banking Commission is investigating whether the Russian oligarch together with Austrian investors broke market rules by acquiring a large stake in the engineering group. Vekselberg’s private equity group Renova teamed up with Austrian company Victory Holding to suddenly snap up 32 per cent of Sulzer’s shares in a surprise raid in April.…
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The result fell short of analysts’ forecasts but the group said it was on course to beat its 2007 sales target. Operating profit (Ebit) was up 83 per cent, at SFr231 million. “Overall we are confident that the sales targets for the full year of more than SFr5 billion will be exceeded by as much…
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Limberger courted controversy earlier this year when details of his SFr26 million ($21.4 million) remuneration package were revealed. He subsequently handed back 40,000 options to reduce his compensation to SFr7.7 million. He was appointed CEO months after the company, formerly known as Unaxis, was bought out by Austrian investment group Victory in 2005, ending an…
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