The demerger of Unilever 's ice cream division, to be named 'The Magnum Ice Cream Company,' which had been delayed in recent months by the US government shutdown, will finally go ahead on Saturday, the British group announced.

Unilever said in a statement on Friday that the admission of the new entity's shares to listing and trading in Amsterdam, London, and New York, as well as the commencement of trading... is expected to take place on Monday, December 8.

The longest federal government shutdown in US history, from October 1 to November 12, fully or partially affected many parts of the federal government, including the securities regulator, after weeks without an agreement between Donald Trump 's Republicans and the Democratic opposition.

Unilever, which had previously aimed to com

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