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 "title": "DEUTZ Buys Military-Vehicle Maker FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau for EUR 1.6 Billion — Sellers Take Up to 29.9 Per Cent",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/deutz-ffg-flensburger-fahrzeugbau-1-6-billion-acquisition-german-land-systems/",
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 "published": "2026-07-09T17:08:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-10T17:48:16.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCologne, 9 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 9 July 2026 Cologne engine maker DEUTZ agreed to acquire 100 per cent of FFG Flensburger Fahrzeugbau for EUR 1.6 billion — roughly EUR 1.0 billion in bank-financed cash plus about EUR 0.6 billion in newly issued DEUTZ shares\n * The share component leaves FFG's private owner families with up to 29.9 per cent of the enlarged company as long-term anchor shareholders — just below the threshold at which German takeover law would force a bid for t",
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