Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 38

20-September-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

VW And Abu Dhabi End Talks on Stock Purchase For LeasePlan Acquisition

The board of Germanys Volkswagen (VW) and representatives of the Abu Dhabi government announced on 15 September that they have mutually agreed to end their talks about the use of VW shares to buy the Netherlands LeasePlan Corporation. The proposed deal to buy LeasePlan, which is the fourth largest car leasing operation in the world, would have...