NewMedia Spark, the UK incubator, has finally won control of Spütz, the German brokerage house, drawing the hostile takeover to its conclusion.
NewMedia Spark has bought 53.7% of Spütz's shares, after a turbulent battle for control of the German firm. Vehement opposition came from Bernhard Freytag, the ousted Spütz chairman, who had urged shareholders to reject NewMedia Spark's €8.5 ($7.8) per share offer.