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Big shareholders may have killed Chiquita-Fyffes deal with 'no' votes

2014-10-24 18:16:23| Agriculture - Topix.net

Chiquita Brands International Inc. CEO Ed Lonergan may have had a feeling that shareholders were going to vote down his plan to buy the company's Irish competitor, Fyffes plc. Before the Chiquita shareholders meeting this morning in the NASCAR Plaza tower in uptown Charlotte, Lonergan strolled by to tell reporters at the meeting that he expected the session would take only five minutes.

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Chiquita shareholders to vote on merger Friday morning

2014-10-24 14:20:30| Food - Topix.net

Chiquita shareholders will hold a special vote in uptown Friday morning to decide whether to merge with Fyffes. If the merger goes through, the company's headquarters could leave Charlotte, just a few years after moving to the Queen City.

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Shareholders set to vote on Chiquita's future Friday in Charlotte

2014-10-23 07:00:44| Food - Topix.net

Less than three years after Chiquita Brands International announced with much fanfare that it would move to Charlotte, the banana giant's future is set to be decided Friday as shareholders vote on whether to merge with an Irish produce company. It's still unclear whether shareholders will vote for an all-stock merger with Dublin-based Fyffes or break up the deal in favor of a competing all-cash offer from two Brazilian firms.

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