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Porsche, the heavily indebted maker of German luxury sports cars, rejected on Monday a merger offer by Volkswagen, Europe's biggest car maker. "There is an offer by Volkswagen. For us it is not a practical way," a Porsche spokesman said. In the event of a merger, a credit worth 10.75 billion euros (US$15 billion) agreed to by a consortium of banks in favor of Porsche would have to be renegotiated "right away," he added. A press report said over the weekend that VW had presented a merger proposition to Porsche that would proceed via cross shareholdings, with VW taking a stake of 49.9% in Porsche. Porsche currently owns 51% of the shares in VW. The plan "was transmitted to Wolfgang Porsche last week," but "it has not been brought to the attention of the Porsche board," the spokesman said. Relations between the two car makers have deteriorated in recent weeks, as well as between the owners of Porsche, the Porsche and Piech families. Ferdinand Piech, head of the VW supervisory board, and his cousin Wolfgang Porsche disagree on how to get Porsche out of the financial dead-end it finds itself in since buying a majority of VW's shares. The move was in large part responsible for Porsche's current debt of around nine billion euros. Piech would like to merge the two companies, while Wolfgang Porsche backs the contested head of Porsche, Wendelin Wiedeking, who wants to keep his company independent, and save his job. Talks with the Gulf state of Qatar on taking a stake in Porsche were aimed at doing that, and are "in the final stretch," Porsche said on Monday. But no decision has been reached on how Qatar might make its investment, the Porsche spokesman acknowledged. Among the three main possibilities are a direct investment in Porsche, the purchase of VW stock options held by Porsche, "or else both," he said. Qatar appears to favor the last option, but only once Porsche and VW have reached agreement on their situation. The Porsche spokesman was unable to say if both sides planned to meet again in the near future. Copyright Agence France-Presse, 2009
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Volkswagen kupuje 49.9 posto Porschea PROIZVOĐAČ iz Wolfsburga je potvrdio kako će u konačnici preuzeti čak 49.9% udjela u Porscheu, koji je sve donedavno tračao za VW-ovim dionicama i želio postati njegov vlasnik. Naime, sreća je okrenula leđa Porscheu, vodstvo se preračunalo i krizno razdoblje dočekalo s velikim dugom (10 mlrd. Eura), generiranim upravo ekstenzivnom kupnjom VW-ovih dionica. Spas je pronađen upravo u donedavnoj "meti" koja je dovoljno snažna da za oko 3,9 mrd. eura kupi gotovo 50%-tni udio u Porscheu i time ga spasi ili od propasti ili od preuzimanja neke treće strane. U Volkswagenu su procijenili kako je najbolje da oni postanu strateški partner i vlasnik Porschea kako bi se omogućila daljnja integracija i povezivanje ova dva proizvođača, koji ionako već naveliko surađuju. Naravno ovaj put pod uvjetima VW-a. Upravo stoga se očekuje skori odlazak dosadašnjeg šefa Porschea, Wendelina Wiedekinga, te dolazak vodstva koje će voditi k daljnjoj integraciji s VW-om. Ova bi transakcija trebala biti obavljena do kraja ove godine, a konačno udruživanje dva njemačka auto diva bi trebalo biti zaključeno tijekom 2011. Ljubitelji stuttgartskih jurilica se prema prvim navodima iz Wolfsburga ne bi trebali bojati za sportski imidž, jer VW najavljuje neovisnost Porschea, a mogli bi vidjeti i skori odlazak nekih netipičnih Porscheovih izleta u tradicionalno nesportske segmente poput Panamere, Cayennea i sl.