{"id":466154,"date":"2026-05-03T08:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/466154\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T08:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T08:39:10","slug":"why-one-of-irelands-biggest-companies-just-rejected-a-e6bn-takeover-offer-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/466154\/","title":{"rendered":"Why one of Ireland\u2019s biggest companies just rejected a \u20ac6bn takeover offer &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTFBWVFJwdnpqTFhZWmtzSjBlbkFUWGNreHFqb3dEbGNWYVhfVjZ0bmVCbVhtUjNDWlktQU15V1NjOXR4Z0dWdmtGSU1BOUt1TF9EQ1g3X2RjcWpaUWNtOTYxaXFWc285UUppbVp2QmxMcHdpc2dvZ01n?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Why one of Ireland\u2019s biggest companies just rejected a \u20ac6bn takeover offer<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihAFBVV95cUxOQnk5MTNndXhhRjcybHVIUjBoMW5ILWRfWlJoRnFIS1FJdndDZkVlRWo0a2ItZGh3UDhMOHdaSmlveGwxQ3pzTEwzZmRsOXpvbG9ydHRzcHl0SkFFZ1lqajFUTjhtaWYwc09QQWdfY1h2WGlMLTBRS3Flc0x4a3pIbmdqckE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DCC rejects \u00a34.95 billion offer from US consortium<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivAFBVV95cUxQX2ZJd2czemFralU2T3FteTEzYnljRjRVRnhjUm1Tai0wdHgzZU5RbUpGaG9WR082ekxrV0NkUElGYy1qdlFzTzhnd0dxX0xtVkJYUnFqNnhUbE5MdTBPbmF0b05Ldk1Mbm9PUGdMak51RndmSVhSOE44bTdNTUFoTWRjbW9VTXpjV0treHFMeGhNVm41RW0xNktNaFpRNUwzSng4UWRIN0VSLVJTbVAwMlhDVXJiZ2xlVGZOQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DCC\u2019s plc days seem numbered unless bid interest ignites its energy story<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxQTlVxRzdXSnhsZzByaG5jMVh1d2hTWmNfdG5CSjhpX0JqMF8xUm9ROUFjUGdNWVRtU3c3WlBFeTg1cndRQmpmMGVJbzk2YVcxR2hWSENiSmkyV3dxLTY5Z3JqYWQ5OUZVRzVvYlA2YnhieFVselRaTzlsVGtLMGo0eV9hUkd2bWJ4bzNfUUwtakFZd2FqMTRIQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DCC\u2019s energy pivot is working \u2013 takeover interest proves it<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Business Post<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2AFBVV95cUxNa0IzbmFOM3FSNjF0LVZzWWFLLUxOdlNCT3dFVUU1U2N1M01QbWtVTlE0YmJGMjJIUlQ0Qnlady1aUWptNDBjYnhVa2Y1YWEwWDlUbi10dGs1dG1pN0dUaGlzMTM4dGxGOXdhTERQRW56WHhxOUctNTlRbEkxYTNzeW5YN1FOSTBzT01LRTd0YXJhUllRaUpGWU0tSGo5bmdVbmdMaVdTQlZsX3FOSDlEUzZBeGV4WDM2ZFg3Y1lFOENJcE9VdFVTMDlSQ1pWa3RSOTNBN2oxeXE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Irish energy distributor DCC knocks back takeover bid that \u2018undervalues\u2019 the business<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Why one of Ireland\u2019s biggest companies just rejected a \u20ac6bn takeover offer&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal DCC rejects \u00a34.95 billion offer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":466155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[73],"tags":[2552,79,39991,204678,204679,18,19,17,3578],"class_list":["post-466154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-analysis","tag-business","tag-dcc","tag-dcc-plc","tag-development-capital-corporation","tag-eire","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-takeover"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116509747918899870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=466154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/466154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/466155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=466154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=466154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=466154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}