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Aktiengesellschaft

A German term for a publicly-traded company. The term is used in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Interestingly, Aktiengesellschaft companies in Germany have two boards of directors, a supervisory board that is roughly equivalent to an American or British board, and a management board, which is subordinate but is responsible for the company's day-to-day operations. It is abbreviated as A.G.

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Vendor: Finanzmarktbeteiligung Aktiengesellschaft des Bundes

EBRD considers buy of 20% stake in Hypo Group Alpe Adria

23 October 2014 - German power and gas group E.ON SE (ETR:EOAN) and local natural gas company Verbundnetz Gas Aktiengesellschaft AG (VNG) have jointly announced the agreed sale of their 50% stakes in domestic sector player Erdgasversorgungsgesellschaft ThA1/4ringen-Sachsen mbH (EVG) to First State European Diversified Infrastructure Fund.

E.ON, VNG sell JV to First State European Diversified Infrastructure Fund

Summary: OMV Aktiengesellschaft has announced the discovery and successful testing of condensate and gas in its Sourour-1 exploration well in the Jenein Sud exploration permit in Southern Tunisia.

OMV Makes A Discovery at Sourour-1 in Southern Tunisia

patent: 5,852,079 Issued: December 22, 1998 Inventor: Wolfgang Loreth Assigned: Continental Aktiengesellschaft

Patent News

8 October 2014 - German food industry equipment supplier GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft (FRA:G1A) announced today it had entered into an agreement to buy Dutch sector player De Klokslag Engineering BV without disclosing the price.

GEA strikes deal for De Klokslag Engineering

Milacron, Batavia, OH, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Vienna, Austria plastics extrusion systems business to SMS Aktiengesellschaft, Dusseldorf, Germany.

3M acquires Hoechst AG's interest in Dyneon

Hochtief Airport, ABB Energy Ventures, Bankgesellschaft Berlin Aktiengesellschaft and Flughafen Frankfurt Main Aktiengesellschaft filed a notification on April 16, which falls under the scope of the Coucil Merger Regulation and is currently being studied by the Commission's competition experts for any overlaps in each of the firms' market shares.

BERLIN AIRPORT MANAGEMENT JOINT VENTURE NOTIFIED

30 September 2014 - German railcar leasing and rail logistics firm VTG Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:VT9) said it had agreed to buy Swiss sector firm AAE Ahaus Alstatter Eisenbahn Holding AG from its sole shareholder Andreas Goer.

VTG agrees buy of Swiss AAE

The European Commission has approved plans by Gaz de France Deutschland GmbH and Berliner Kraft- und Licht Bewag Aktiengesellschaft (BEWAG) to take joint control of Berliner Gaswerke Aktiengesellschaft (GASAG).