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Jul 12, 2012

Dentsu to acquire Aegis Group for $4.9 billion

GLOBAL - The boards of Dentsu and Aegis Group have announced an agreement on terms of a cash offer whereby Dentsu will acquire all Aegis stock for approximately £3.164 billion (US$4.9 billion), creating "a new global communications network for the digital age".

Tadashi Ishii and Jerry Buhlmann

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