{"id":522169,"date":"2010-04-09T17:01:13","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T21:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/?p=54585"},"modified":"2010-04-09T17:01:13","modified_gmt":"2010-04-09T21:01:13","slug":"volkswagen-plans-to-take-over-porsche-faces-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/522169","title":{"rendered":"Volkswagen plans to take over Porsche faces obstacles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.egmcartech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/volkswagen_porsche_emblems.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"563\" height=\"146\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen&#8217;s merger with Porsche is facing some significant legal and tax risks, according to details from Volkswagen&#8217;s prospectus for last month&#8217;s capital increase. The risk contains of potential tax liabilities and hedge fund lawsuits alleging former Porsche executives manipulated markets during Porsche&#8217;s attempted takeover of Volkswagen last year.<\/p>\n<p>The risks could force both companies to delay the merger or abandon it altogether.<\/p>\n<p>A Volkswagen spokesman said that its plans to merge in 2011 &#8220;have not changed.&#8221; A Porsche spokesman said that the risks listed in the prospectus come from a legal document, which lists &#8220;ever possible risk.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; By: Stephen Calogera<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autonews.com\/apps\/pbcs.dll\/article?AID=\/20100409\/ANE\/304089949\">Automotive News<\/a> (Subscription Required)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7NOGLUS111w74m879uLtrjvPsgM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7NOGLUS111w74m879uLtrjvPsgM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7NOGLUS111w74m879uLtrjvPsgM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/7NOGLUS111w74m879uLtrjvPsgM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?i=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?a=sV6usJSewKQ:5_7BGS4dNiM:TzevzKxY174\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/egmcartech?d=TzevzKxY174\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Volkswagen&#8217;s merger with Porsche is facing some significant legal and tax risks, according to details from Volkswagen&#8217;s prospectus for last month&#8217;s capital increase. 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