WEBVTT - Universal Music Surges, ASML Falls, Leonardo Dips

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<v Speaker 1>Now, let's take a look at some stocks on the

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<v Speaker 1>move today in Europe. I'm Stephen Carroll and I'm joined

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<v Speaker 1>by Bloomberg reporter Chloye Melee chloy Good morning. Let's start

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<v Speaker 1>with a big move in Universal Music Groups shares, some

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<v Speaker 1>m and a related news this morning. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 3>Absolutely, We've got Bill Ackman making an offer, major bid

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<v Speaker 3>for Universal Music Group, which is the world's largest music label.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, so Bill Ackman's investment company, Pashing Square has

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<v Speaker 3>proposed a combination with Universal, which would evalue it at

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<v Speaker 3>a seventy eight percent premium to the last closing price.

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<v Speaker 3>So quite a big deal, and it's quite a complex

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<v Speaker 3>a deal structure as well. Universal would essentially merge with

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<v Speaker 3>a blank check company set up by Akman and then

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<v Speaker 3>shift its listing from Abstem to New York. And so

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<v Speaker 3>Persian Square already own about four point five percent of Universal,

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<v Speaker 3>and he had already been pushing for a US listing,

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<v Speaker 3>and it's said that a deal would kind of shake

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<v Speaker 3>up the label and boost the share price that has

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<v Speaker 3>been really weak lately. There's a few challenges, a few

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<v Speaker 3>hurdles to this potential deal actually happening. The main one

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<v Speaker 3>get in being getting the approval of some important shareholders.

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<v Speaker 3>So the two main ones to look out for are

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<v Speaker 3>the Chinese company Tencent, but then particularly the French media

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<v Speaker 3>billionaire Vason Bouleoret, who is who owns a really large

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<v Speaker 3>part of that company, and some analysts are saying that

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<v Speaker 3>unless Boloret supports the deal, it's going to be a

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<v Speaker 3>dead end, and some are questioning whether he would actually

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<v Speaker 3>accept those terms. So there's definitely going to be something

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<v Speaker 3>that will be keeping an eye on as it goes through.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and certainly, I mean such a massive player in

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<v Speaker 1>the music industry as well of great interest. We were

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<v Speaker 1>having a game earlier so we could guess how many

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<v Speaker 1>universal music artists we actually knew, and it seems to

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<v Speaker 1>be almost everyone that you can pick of is short.

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<v Speaker 1>The shortlist of that turning next to ASML chloy a

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<v Speaker 1>crackdown on chip tool sales being in focus for their investors.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, so SML is reacting this morning to some news

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<v Speaker 3>that we've got essentially before the Easter weekend, which is

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<v Speaker 3>their US lawmakers are proposing a crackdown on sales of

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<v Speaker 3>chip making tools to China. So the bill would basically

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<v Speaker 3>strengthen existing restrictions on exports of equipment to China, including

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<v Speaker 3>banning engineers from maintaining and repairing tools at some facilities

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<v Speaker 3>in the country, and the bill is putting special emphasis

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<v Speaker 3>on exports from allies, so including Japan and the Netherlands,

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<v Speaker 3>and so it would directly concern asml Buebook Attentals is

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<v Speaker 3>saying that the current controls have already cut demand and

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<v Speaker 3>that further restrictions may actually not have much of an

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<v Speaker 3>additional impact. But then some analysts are saying otherwise. For example,

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<v Speaker 3>City analysts saying that there might be some significant unintended

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<v Speaker 3>consequences with those new export controls. So the market is

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<v Speaker 3>still trying to figure out exactly what the impact might be.

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<v Speaker 3>But in the meantime, SML shares are down quite a bit,

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<v Speaker 3>and this really is going to be interested when they

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<v Speaker 3>report their first quarter results next week.

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<v Speaker 1>Yes, indeed, and turning to the defense sector now, we're

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<v Speaker 1>also watching Leonardo shares this week as we have an

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<v Speaker 1>announcement on the way.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, Italy should be naming a replacement for Leonardo's CEO

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<v Speaker 3>this week, so the decision is coming at an interesting

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<v Speaker 3>time for Italy. So the government is finalizing appointments at

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<v Speaker 3>some major state linked companies and it's coming at the

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<v Speaker 3>same time as it suffered quite a big defeat in

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<v Speaker 3>a referendum about reforming the justice system. So that defeat

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<v Speaker 3>has prompted Georgia Maloney to implement changes in order to

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<v Speaker 3>sort of protect a sense of control and power. And

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<v Speaker 3>so there will reports over the weekend that the Curren

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<v Speaker 3>CEO of Leonardo was likely to be replaced. This is

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<v Speaker 3>part of a broader move to changing boards at some

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<v Speaker 3>state controlled companies and that really allows the government to

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<v Speaker 3>reshape leadership at some of those really important firms. And

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<v Speaker 3>the reaction from the market has been quite negative this

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<v Speaker 3>morning about this this CEO change coming this week, and

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<v Speaker 3>shares were definitely in the red f Leonardo.

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