The lawsuit increases pressure on MOL to discuss a merger with OMV. The Austrian counterpart argues that some of MOL’s articles of operation violate Hungarian law in at least three points: keeping the so called “golden shares” owned by the Hungarian state, which allows veto rights for the state regarding the cancellation of the 10% voting cap; the discrimination this 10% cap means for not being valid for the state, and the fact that only some limited number of board members can be withdrawn at a time. OMV plans to continue talks with MOL over a potential $20 billion takeover. OMV’s bid is subject to a 10% voting rights cap being removed by MOL and a 40% stake by board members and friendly institutions being cancelled. (Gazdasági Rádió)