Volkswagen has succeeded at clamping 49.9% share of Porsche deal at an outright purchase for $5.8 billion. This will make the reversal of fortune for Porsche AG to deconsolidate 51.1%. the acquisition deal will be in effect from 2011, when by there will be a merger of these two companies, said a statement from VW. The annual synergies out of this proposed merger would be around 700 million Euros.
In the process of revamping the 75% control of VW share, Porsche had accrued a debt about millions of euros; there was sacking of two top level managers. However, VW was fortunate to gain out of this and the management got the consent to accumulate the share transactions by 2014 (amounting to 135million). VW assessed the combined value of Porsche AG and Porsche Holding to 16 billion euros. Porsche happened to be the Europe’s largest car manufacturing group.