Rain ordered to retract proposed Telkom merger announcement

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Rain ordered to withdraw proposed Telkom merger announcement

South Africa’s Takeover Regulation Panel has instructed Rain to withdraw a press statement regarding a proposed merger with Telkom.with a proposal to merge the two companies.

However, Department of Trade and Industry’s Takeover Regulation Panel took a dim view of Rain’s approach. “The Takeover Regulation Panel has noted, with grave concern, a press announcement issued by Rain proprietary limited regarding a potential offer to merge with Telkom on 11 August 2022,” it said in a statement to shareholders on the JSE news service.

“We wish to inform the market that the announcement was issued by Rain without the prior approval of the TRP as required in terms of Regulation 117 of the Companies Regulations,” the panel stated. “Furthermore, the announcement was issued notwithstanding the TRP’s instructions to Rain that no such announcement should be made without the prior approval of the TRP.”“Rain has been instructed to retract the announcement,” the TRP said.Rain said a merger with Telkom would create a 5G powerhouse and strong third player to compete with the Vodacom and MTN “telco duopoly”.

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So, they just want Rain to withdraw the announcement, right? The merger could still happen if approved by the board from both companies, right?

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