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​Merck-Versum merger filed for Chinese antitrust review (*update)

By Yonnex Li ( June 25, 2019, 05:17 GMT | Insight) -- Germany's Merck KGaA has filed paperwork with China's competition regulator for a review of its planned $6.6 billion takeover of US semiconductor materials supplier Versum, MLex has learned. The company has also filed with regulators in all other jurisdictions where approvals for the transaction are required, it is understood.Germany's Merck KGaA has filed paperwork with China's competition regulator for a review of its planned $6.6 billion takeover of US semiconductor materials supplier Versum, MLex has learned....

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