Calyon acted as the Exclusive Financial Advisor to Sweden's Hexagon AB (listed on the Stockholm stock exchange), in its cash-and-stock bid for Switzerland's Leica Geosystems (listed in Zurich). The transaction met with a great success with an acceptance rate of more than 98%. This deal is one of the year's biggest Mergers & Acquisitions transactions in Switzerland and Sweden. Hexagon becomes the leading company in precision measurement instruments worldwide. This transaction is the fruit of a strong collaboration between Calyon's teams in France, Sweden and Russia. This successful deal enhances our position in Nordic countries.