China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group signed a deal worth 1.8 billion U.S. dollars with Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F PRS) (NYSE:F PRA) (NYSE:F) here Sunday to acquire the U.S. auto giant's Volvo car unit.
Under the definitive stock purchase deal, Geely will own 100 percent of Volvo Cars and its related assets.
The agreement was inked by Li Shufu, founder and chairman of Geely, and Lewis Booth, chief financial officer of Ford, at a ceremony at the
headquarters of Volvo in Goteborg, the second largest city of Sweden.