Press Release: Commission clears Banco Santander’s takeover bid for Abbey National

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Series Details IP/04/1105 (15.9.04)
Publication Date 15/09/2004
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The European Commission has granted clearance, under the Merger Regulation, to the proposed acquisition of UK bank Abbey National Plc by Banco Santander Central Hispano S.A of Spain, 15 September 2004. The takeover raises no competition concerns since the two banks presently operate mostly in different countries
Source Link http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/04/1105&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Related Links
Abbey National: Homepage http://www.abbey.com/index
Grupo Santander: Homepage http://www.gruposantander.com/pagina/indice/0,,411_3_2,00.html
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