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‘New’ Chrysler Emerges as Alliance with Fiat Sealed
This Wednesday saw the most important events of the automobile industry when Fiat successfully completed the deal to buy the best assets of the Chrysler which had been forced to file a chapter 11 bankruptcy earlier in April. Both the firms announced the deal was successfully over and the alliance is sealed to be led by the CEO of Fiat, Sergio Marchionne.
This completion marked the end of a six-week bankruptcy period and also has marked the beginning of a new life by seeing the weeding of two big icons in the industry.
The new company will be named the Chrysler Group LLC. When it comes to the benefits, Fiat will get a stake of 20% initially and may get upto 35% if some of its benchmarks are met.
BREAKING: Supreme Court Stays Sales of Chrysler to Fiat
The sale of the Chrysler to Fiat has been hindered by the Supreme Court stay. Earlier three Indiana state pension funds had filed a lawsuit in New York because they got 45$ million holding in Chrysler’s secured loans. This case went in the favor of Chrysler and they lost it in the high court.
Following this they have filed another lawsuit in the Supreme Court asking for holding the sales of Chrysler to Fiat.
Based on the lawsuit filed, the Supreme Court jury Ruth Bader Ginsburg has given a decision that the sale would be temporarily delayed until further order is issued. The Chryslers lawyers fear that this stay would affect the deal with Fiat that is scheduled to go under in a few days.
Fiat finalizes take over of Opel
Italian carmakers Fiat has finalized its stakes in the beleaguered German carmaker Opel, with the letter of intent to be signed towards the end of this month. Though Fiat had made a secret deal to acquire major stake in Opel, it is not a secret now.
Opel’s works Council Chairman Klaus Franz has confirmed the Italian carmakers interest. He had also stated that the way has been cleared for signing the letter of intent. With the signing, the Italian carmakers would get the majority stake in Fiat.
