Tuesday, June 26, 2007

No vote needed for ABN's LaSalle sale -court advise

(Reuters) - A Dutch commercial court froze the $21 billion sale of
Chicago-based LaSalle to Bank of America in May, a side
deal to ABN's agreement to be bought by Britain's Barclays
, but ABN and others appealed the court's decision.




"The Advocate General advises the Supreme Court to quash the
Commercial Court's ruling," Timmerman said in a statement,
adding that the LaSalle transaction does not need approval of
shareholders based on article 2:8 of the Dutch civil code.


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