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title: "Commerzbank formally rejects UniCredit takeover offer as risky and undervalued"
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description: "Commerzbank has formally rejected UniCredit's takeover offer, deeming it risky and undervalued. This decision marks a continuation of Commerzbank's resistance to the cross-border acquisition attempt, despite UniCredit becoming its largest shareholder."
datetime: "2026-05-18T12:51:18.000Z"
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# Commerzbank formally rejects UniCredit takeover offer as risky and undervalued

By Tom Sims and Alexander Hübner FRANKFURT, May 18 (Reuters) - Commerzbank on Monday formally rejected an offer by Italy's UniCredit to buy the German lender, digging in its heels in its months-long resistance to the cross-border takeover attempt. UniCredit has become Commerzbank's largest shareholder and earlier this month made an unsolicited offer to buy Commerzbank shares in a deal that

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