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BA, Iberia say agree merger

By: AFX | 12 Nov 2009 | 04:01 PM ET

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MADRID, Nov 12 (Reuters) - British Airways and Spain's Iberia said on Thursday they had reached a preliminary agreement for a merger that would create about 400 million euros of synergies. In a joint statement, the two companies said British Airways will have 55 percent of the new company, while Iberia will hold 45 percent. Iberia's chairman Antonio Vazquez will be chairman of the new company, while BA's Chief Executive Willie Walsh will be CEO. The deal is expected to be formalised in the first quarter of 2010 and closed by the end of that year, the two companies said. Iberia said it reserves the right to back out of the deal if the final agreement between BA and the administrators of its pensin deficit is not "reasonably satisfactory." For more, see (Reporting by Tracy Rucinski and Andres Gonzalez; Editing by Jason Webb) Keywords: BA IBERIA/AGREEMENT (tracy.rucinsk@thomsonreuters.com; RM tracy.rucinski.reuters.com@reuters.net; +34 91 585 2153) COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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