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STC wins Kuwaiti regulator's nod for Viva takeover

DUBAI, December 13, 2015

Kuwait's Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has approved Saudi Telecom Company's (STC) plan to acquire all the shares of its Kuwaiti affiliate Viva, the market regulator said on Sunday.

CMA approval is pending certain conditions being met, it said in a bourse statement, but did not provide further details.

In November, STC revealed it had submitted an offer to raise its stake in Viva to 100 per cent. Saudi Arabia's former monopoly presently owns 26 per cent of Viva.

Viva, which competes with Zain and Ooredoo Kuwait , listed on Kuwait's bourse in December 2014, nearly six years after it completed an initial public offer of shares.-Reuters




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