date:Apr 30, 2014
hiquita shareholders just over half of the combined company, called ChiquitaFyffes. But the new company will be based in Dublin, Ireland, where its CEO and other top executives are to be located.
The original conditions of the tie-up apparently would not meet mandatory notification thresholds under the EC Merger Regulation, and therefore various adjustments had to be made.
Chiquita and Fyffes still intend to close the deal by the end of the year, the companies said.
The new merger will see th