Alstom's CEO unlikely to appeal if Siemens deal rejected - Le Figaro

Reuters

Published Feb 05, 2019 14:36

Alstom's CEO unlikely to appeal if Siemens deal rejected - Le Figaro

PARIS (Reuters) - French train maker Alstom (PA:ALSO) is unlikely to appeal against an expected rejection by European regulators of its planned deal with Siemens, Alstom Chief Executive Henri Poupart-Lafarge told Le Figaro newspaper on Tuesday.

Asked if Alstom could go back before the European Commission with a new project regarding Siemens, Poupart-Lafarge replied: "No. There will be no second opportunity."

He added that if the deal was blocked - as has been previously reported by Reuters - Alstom and Siemens would each "go back on their own paths."