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Corporate weekly highlights—15 February 2018

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Published on: 15 February 2018

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Table of contents

Public company takeovers
Takeover bid for GKN raises ‘serious concerns about protection for vital industries’
Corporate governance
Gender pay gap reporting deadline: Q&A on requirements and emerging market practice
Equity capital markets
The new Prospectus Regulation–redefining prospectuses
Additional Corporate updates this week
Companies gloomy on prospects for UK economy, survey finds
Additional news—daily and weekly news alerts
New and updated content

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Article summary

This week’s edition of Corporate highlights includes concerns over the ‘hostile’ takeover bid for GKN, News Analysis pieces on gender pay gap reporting and the new Prospectus Regulation, and QCA survey results on companies’ optimism over the UK economy.

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