Wednesday, April 4, 2007

Barclays spoke with Dutch regulator on ABN bid steps

(Reuters) - "We are the bid authority and we have talked about this issues and other subjects," AFM chairman Arthur Docters van Leeuwentold reporters, adding that he met with Varley on Tuesday.

ABN and Barclays entered merger talks last month after ABN came under pressure from investors, including British hedge fund TCI, to consider a sale or breakup to boost shareholder returns after several years of underperformance.


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