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Industry sources have linked that shift to a desire to maximize revenues and raise the valuation of state energy giant Saudi Aramco ahead of a planned IPO, a key part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s reforms aimed at diversifying the economy. The share float, expected by some to be worth up to $100 billion, has been put on hold, sources have told Reuters. Prince Mohammed said this month the float was postponed to 2021, and several industry sources say the delay was partly because of litigation risks if Aramco was listed in New York, a preferred venue by the Saudi crown prince.
“There is a major fear NOPEC could turn into another JASTA,” one of the sources familiar with Aramco IPO preparations said, referring to the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act which allows victims of the Sept, 11, 2001, attacks to sue Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which denies involvement in the attacks, had long had broad immunity from the lawsuits, That changed in 2016, when the U.S, Congress overrode then-President Barack Obama’s veto pewter california cufflinks of JASTA, With close to $1 trillion in investments in the United States, including assets owned by Aramco, Riyadh has a lot to lose if the NOPEC bill was passed into law..
It would revoke the sovereign immunity which oil producers, including OPEC members, currently enjoy from U.S. legal action. Washington-based legal firm Gibson Dunn and the Saudi embassy there signed a contract in late August, according to a copy of the contract filed to the U.S. Department of Justice. The contract outlines that among its other responsibilities, Gibson Dunn would be “opposing NOPEC”. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih has also raised concerns over NOPEC with senior U.S. officials including U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry during private meetings, two sources familiar with the talks told Reuters, on condition of anonymity.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S, appeals court will hear oral arguments on Dec, 6 in the Justice Department’s fight against AT&T Inc’s (T.N) $85.4 billion purchase of Time Warner, the court said on Wednesday, The merger, pewter california cufflinks which was announced in October 2016, closed on June 14 after a U.S, district court ruled the deal was legal under antitrust law, The Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to reverse that approval, The core of the Justice Department’s concern is that AT&T, which owns DirecTV, would use its ownership of Time Warner’s content to make pay TV rivals pay more, thus raising their costs and forcing them to charge consumers more, The merged company includes CNN, a cable news station that is a frequent target of President Donald Trump’s ire..
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Campbell Soup Co (CPB.N) said on Wednesday that four key shareholders, all descendants of the company’s former chairman John Dorrance, have formally aligned themselves against hedge fund Third Point LLC’s plans to oust the embattled soupmaker’s entire board. Third Point, which owns 7 percent of Campbell’s stock, fired back hours later, accusing the heirs of trying to frighten smaller shareholders by suggesting that the outcome of a vote next month has been decided before it even takes place.
Campbell said Bennett Dorrance, Mary Alice Malone, Archbold van Beuren, Charlotte Weber and some other family members - who own a combined 41 percent stake in the company - plan to vote in favor of its existing board at a shareholder’s meeting on Nov, 29, This suggests it could be very difficult for Third Point, run by billionaire activist investor Daniel Loeb, to win board seats, “This group of billionaire heirs pewter california cufflinks and heiresses are attempting to intimidate smaller shareholders by flaunting their inherited voting bloc as an impenetrable moat,” Third Point said in a statement..
Given that Dorrance, Malone and van Beuren serve on Campbell’s board, it was widely expected that they would clash with Loeb’s campaign, which alleges that the company has been mismanaged for years. Shares in Campbell were down 3.9 percent in morning trading. Third Point said the drop suggested shareholders were unhappy with these heirs’ decision to back the current board. The $18 billion hedge fund proposes replacing all directors with a 12 person-slate that includes George Strawbridge, another descendant of John Dorrance, who invented condensed soup and ran Campbell nearly a century ago.
Former Hostess Brands CEO William Toler and Third Point partner Munib Islam as well as marketing experts have also been nominated, Each side is now fighting for shareholders’ votes, Campbell has said it does not endorse any of Third Point’s nominees and is urging investors to re-elect its entire board, while Loeb is blaming the pewter california cufflinks board for the stock’s underperformance and is urging investors to back him, The 149-year-old company, which revolutionized the home-cooking industry with easy-to-prepare soups and low-cost production techniques, has been struggling to attract young consumers to its namesake soups and Pepperidge Farm cookies..