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Porsche rejects Volkswagen ultimatum
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 27 - 06 - 2009


Porsche rejected Saturday an ultimatum from
Volkswagen to accept humiliating rescue terms and a takeover within
two days or else face bankruptcy, according to dpa.
The German sports car maker last year made an ill-fated bid to
take over Volkswagen. After changing from hunter to prey, it is
looking for a safe way to extract itself using a cash infusion from
the Qatar Investment Authority (QIA).
The magazine Der Spiegel cited industry sources saying Volkswagen
and the state of Lower Saxony had told Porsche that the bigger car
company's rescue offer would expire on Monday if Porsche did not
indicate acceptance.
In a written response, Porsche board chairman Wolfgang Porsche
replied: "We won't let ourselves be blackmailed.
"It sullies the cause. These are not the manners that encourage a
spirit of togetherness."
He said Porsche sought a joint and successful shared future with
Volkswagen, and was annoyed by Volkswagen's choice of words.
"Ultimatums never achieve anything," he added, calling on "the
initiators" to "calm down and pursue their proposals in closed-door
talks, not via headlines."
Porsche SE, owned by the Porsche and Piech families, has debts of
9 billion euros (13 billion dollars) and holds 51 per cent of
Volkswagen, but without having obtained management control.
Spiegel said Volkswagen now proposed to buy a 49-per-cent stake in
the Porsche factories and brand for 3 to 4 billion euros, let QIA
take over Porsche's VW stock options and finally merge VW with the
Porsche SE parent.
The families would own just over 40 per cent of the merged group,
with QIA holding 15, another sovereign investment fund 5 and the
state of Lower Saxony holding 20 per cent. The rest of the stock
would be traded.
Der Spiegel said that board head Porsche and Porsche chief
executive Wendelin Wiedeking were warned that if they refused
Volkswagen, the bigger company would in September recall a loan of
700 million euros to Porsche, bringing the sports-car maker to it
knees.
On Friday, Porsche insisted that its preferred rescue option, a
purchase by QIA of a minority stake in Porsche SE, was on track, with
due-diligence checks of its books complete.


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