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Penguin And Random House Merger ConfirmedPosted at 7:57AM Monday 29 Oct 2012 Pearson and Bertelsmann have agreed the merger of Penguin and Random House.Under the terms of the agreement, Penguin and Random House will combine their businesses in a newly-created joint venture named Penguin Random House. Bertelsmann will own 53% of the joint venture and Pearson will own 47%. The joint venture will exclude Bertelsmann's trade publishing business in Germany and Pearson will retain rights to use the Penguin brand in education markets worldwide. Bertelsmann will nominate five directors to the Board of Penguin Random House and Pearson will nominate four. John Makinson, currently chairman and chief executive of Penguin, will be chairman of Penguin Random House and Markus Dohle, currently chief executive of Random House, will be its chief executive. The combination is subject to customary regulatory and other approvals, including merger control clearances, and is expected to complete in the second half of 2013.
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