The American Fund Apollo has rejected the takeover bid launched by Amber for the part of Applus that it did not controlafter acquiring 72.38% months ago, according to the information sent to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV). The regulator has specified that The offer has been accepted for 6,862,655 titles, which represent 19.25% of the shares addressed and 5.32% of the share capital of Applus. In this way, Amber will control 77.7%. Once the transaction, which targeted all of the company's shares, was completed, it will be delisted «when the transaction has been settled.» The CNMV had already decided last week suspend Applus's listing «with immediate effect» until his «definitive exclusion» was finalized. In this way, one of the busiest operations of the year is closed, which caused a takeover war between Amber and Apolloa fund that finally ended up withdrawing from the race, leaving ISQ and TDR free to take control of the company. Last week Applus presented its results for the first nine months of the year, where has earned 1,632.3 million euros, 7.5% more compared to the 1,518.6 million obtained in the same period of the previous year. The adjusted operating result until September 2024 has increased by 13.9%, to 189 million euros.