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KitKat loses trademark battle with Cadbury
19 Sep 2015
Cadbury has killed off an attempt by its rival Nestle to trademark the distinctive shape of the KitKat, as European judges decided the four-finger chocolate bar is not distinctive enough to be claimed by Nestle for its exclusive use
UK high court ruling upholds Cadbury's claims over colour purple
03 Oct 2012
Cadbury is the proud owner of the colour purple, a high court judge in UK has ruled, provided it is wrapped around several blocks of sugar, milk, cocoa and emulsifiers
Kraft to move part of Cadbury to Switzerland to avoid UK taxes
06 Dec 2010
The new US owner of Cadbury will shift part of the company’s business to Switzerland, a move that could result in loss of millions in tax revenue every year for the UK exchequer
Kraft to raise $4 billion through bond sale for Cadbury acquisition
04 Feb 2010
Moody's has given Kraft a negative rating on the ground that the company will not be able to reduce its debt burden in the short term given its “history of unfavorable shifts in financial policy
Shareholders approve Kraft's acquisition of Cadbury
03 Feb 2010
Cadbury finally fell to Kraft Foods yesterday after the iconic 186-year old UK confectioner’s shareholders approved Kraft’s raised takeover offer of $19.6 billion
Hershey rules out a counterbid for Cadbury
23 Jan 2010
Cadbury finally falls to Kraft’s sweetened bid
19 Jan 2010
The iconic 186-year old UK confectioner Cadbury today finally gave up its struggle to remain independent after the world’s second largest food and beverage company Kraft Foods raised its takeover offer to $19.6 billion
Hershey prepares to bid for Cadbury: report
14 Jan 2010
US-based confectioner Hershey is planning to make a counter-bid to its larger rival Kraft’s $16.7-billion unsolicited takeover offer for Cadbury
Berkshire Hathaway slams Kraft bid for Cadbury
06 Jan 2010
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has slammed Kraft Food’s proposed expensive acquisition of Cadbury and voted against Kraft's proposal to issue new shares to acquire Cadbury
Kraft's $3.7-billion sale of pizza unit to Nestle may fund Cadbury acquisition
05 Jan 2010
The sale paves the way for Kraft to increase its $16.7-billion hostile takeover bid for Cadbury
Cadbury dubs Kraft’s offer as “cheap steal”
14 Dec 2009
Cadbury today warned shareholders against Kraft's “cheap-steal” bid to provide much needed growth to their unattractive low-growth conglomerate business model
Nestle also interested in Cadbury
23 Nov 2009
Hershey reportedly mulling $17 billion solo bid for Cadbury
21 Nov 2009
Hershey's links with Cadbury go back since 1980 to market Cadbury's candy in the US market and a take over of its chocolate business would open the European and vast emerging markets, where Cadbury's strength lies
Kraft goes hostile with original offer
10 Nov 2009
Without raising its September $16.4 billion offer, Kraft has gone hostile qwith its $16.4-billion takeover offer for London-based rival, Cadbury.
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