The press release submitted for rewrite — issued by GlobeNewswire on 6 June 2026 and attributed to Orange — concerns a Memorandum of Understanding for the proposed acquisition of SFR, a French telecommunications operator. The release contains no food, beverage, ingredient, packaging, distribution, restaurant, retail grocery, or agribusiness content of any kind.

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