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Among the mid caps, insurer Brit has jumped 28.2p to 302.4p after Canada's Fairfax agreed a 305p a share takeover, valuing the business at £1.22bn.
Construction firm Carillion fell 25.25p to 389p as it made a 570p a share takeover proposal to rival Alfred McAlpine, which was subsequently rejected.
Holcim and Lafarge is not the only merger activity, with TSB climbing 6.1p to 333.1p after agreeing a £1.7bn or 340p a share takeover by Spain's Banco Sabadell.
[C2.] Centerpulse Bid Endorsed The Swiss medical technology company Centerpulse closed the bidding war between Smith & Nephew of Britain and Zimmer Holdings of the United States by recommending its shareholders accept Zimmer's $3.2 billion cash and share takeover offer.
Electronic Arts announced Sunday it had proposed an all-cash $26 per share takeover of rival Take-Two Interactive Software.
Billionaire investor Carl Icahn, who himself is attempting a $7.50 per share takeover of Lions Gate, said he supports Lions Gate's acquisition of MGM.
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After more than a year in the making, the commodities trader Glencore International has finally completed its $30 billion all-share takeover of the mining giant Xstrata.
The cash-and-share takeover would allow Temasek, which already owns a 29 percent stake in DBS, to increase its share to 40 percent.
Donald Macdonald, the chief executive, has joined forces with four other directors to table a 240p-per-share takeover approach, the company announced yesterday.
If the private equity house had put another quid on its 975p-a-share takeover offer two years ago, it would probably have won.
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