The world's biggest electrical parts distributor, Rexel, has agreed to buy Hagemeyer for 3.1 billion euros ($4.62 billion) and sell some of its Dutch peer's units to rival Sonepar, the companies said on Friday.
Dutch supermarket group Ahold said on Wednesday its third-quarter net income rose to 214 million euros ($316.3 million), beating market expectations, adding it plans to pay an annual dividend for 2007.
TomTom, Europe's largest maker of car navigation devices, beat average analyst forecasts with a 43 percent rise in operating profit on Wednesday and raised its full-year outlook.