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Verallia Obtains Consent of the Group’s Lenders in the Context of the Takeover Bid Initiated by BWGI
PARIS, May 16, 2025--Regulatory News: Verallia (Paris:VRLA) announces today that it has obtained the consent of its bank lenders to amend the change of control clause of its existing banking financing facilities1 so that the completion of the public takeover bid initiated by BWGI, filed with the French Financial Markets Authority (Autorité des marchés financiers) on April 24, 2025 (the "Offer"), will not trigger their early repayment.
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