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BMW and Rover
28 January 1994
ROVER
Chairman George Simpson arrives back at Heathrow at 4pm and meets British Aerospace chairman Dick Evans and Finance Director Richard Lapthorne. The trio then fly to Munich and dine with BMW and dine with Bernd Pischetsrieder.
The sale of the Rover Group by British Aerospace to BMW is signed at 11pm that night.
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