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Article: DASSAULT AVIATION TO BECOME CORE STAKEHOLDER IN THALES
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- The Hindustan Times
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- December 20, 2008
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Sudeshna Sarkar
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Paris, Dec. 20 -- (IANS) The French government and Dassault Aviation have signed an agreement paving the way for the company to acquire Alcatel-Lucent's stake in Thales, joining the French government as core shareholder in the European aerospace major, it was announced here.
The agreement follows authorization by the French ministry of the economy, industry and employment and a ruling by French stock market authority AMF that the operation does not require Dassault Aviation to launch a mandatory takeover bid, a company statement said.
"Relations between the French government and Dassault Aviation will be ...