Sainsbury's and Asda close to Merging

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Sainsbury's and Asda close to Merging

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http://www.bbc.com/news/business-43933517

Apparently Walmart (Who Owns Asda) has given the green light on this
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I don't understand the transaction. Who will the controlling entity be?
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storewanderer wrote: April 29th, 2018, 6:56 pm I don't understand the transaction. Who will the controlling entity be?
It appears that Sainsbury's would be the controlling entity.
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arizonaguy wrote: April 29th, 2018, 8:37 pm
storewanderer wrote: April 29th, 2018, 6:56 pm I don't understand the transaction. Who will the controlling entity be?
It appears that Sainsbury's would be the controlling entity.
So this is Wal Mart essentially exiting Asda?
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storewanderer wrote: April 29th, 2018, 10:16 pm
arizonaguy wrote: April 29th, 2018, 8:37 pm
storewanderer wrote: April 29th, 2018, 6:56 pm I don't understand the transaction. Who will the controlling entity be?
It appears that Sainsbury's would be the controlling entity.
So this is Wal Mart essentially exiting Asda?
That's what it seems, but the article doesn't actually say so.
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Walmart will own 42 percent of the combined company
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