Xstrata rejects $76 bln bid approach from Vale: report
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Miner Xstrata  has rejected a  cash-and-shares takeover approach from Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA)  pitched at just under 40 pounds a share, or 39 billion pounds  ($76 billion), the Financial Times said.
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Gold Fields Ltd. rejected an $8.1 billion takeover bid by smaller rival Harmony Gold Mining Company Ltd. as inadequate on Monday, despite the support of its largest stakeholder.
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A staff trust holding over 12 percent of the shares of Aer Lingus have delivered a 97 percent rejection of the hostile takeover bid for the airline from Europe's biggest low-cost carrier Ryanair, according to a statement.
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PERTH (Dow Jones)--Trying to derail Xstrata Plc.&#39;s (XTA.LN) hostile takeover bid, WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) Thursday said it will return up to A$1 billion to shareholders
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Australian nickel and copper miner WMC Resources has turned down an offer from Swiss-based Xstrata that valued the company at Aust.
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Xstrata yesterday threatened to withdraw its hostile Â£2.9 billion takeover offer for WMC if the Australian miner indicated it would dilute value by paying out up to A$1 billion in cash to shareholders.
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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)--WMC Resources Ltd. (WMR.AU) said Monday that the hostile A$6.35 a share takeover bid from Xstrata Plc (XTA.LN) is &quot;materially inadequate&quot;.
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The board of Gold Fields Ltd. urged shareholders Thursday to reject a US$8.1 billion (euro6.36 billion) hostile takeover bid by South African gold producer Harmony Gold Mining Co.
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Australian flag carrier Qantas Airways has rejected a 10.9 billion dollar (8.6 billion US) takeover bid from a private equity consortium, sending its shares into a nosedive.
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The London Stock Exchange (LSE) today rejected an offer from Deutsche Borse, its bigger German rival, valuing it at about Â£1.35 billion ($2.6 billion), or 530pence per share, a significant premium to Fridayâs closing price of 430 pence.
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XSTRATA saw its shares fall 1.4 per cent yesterday after the London-listed miner said it was taking its A$7.4 billion (Â£3.12bn) offer for Australiaâs WMC Resources hostile, following a rebuff from the WMC board last month.
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The London Stock Exchange PLC has received and rejected a bid proposal from Germany's main stock exchange, Deutsche Boerse AG , the exchanges said Monday.
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SYDNEY  - British-Swiss resources group Xstrata has relaunched its already-rejected 7.4 billion dollar (5.7 billion US) bid for WMC Resources, this time pitching the offer directly to WMC shareholders rather than through the company.
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The London Stock Exchange reiterates its opposition to the "inadequate" Â£2.7bn takeover bid from US exchange Nasdaq.
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The London Stock Exchange today rejected a Â£1.35bn takeover approach from German rival Deutsche BÃ¶rse, but held open the prospect of further talks.
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Vodafone Group on Monday denied a newspaper report it is considering making a $160 billion bid for its U.S. partner in the wireless phone business, Verizon Communications.
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SWISS mining giant Xstrata issued documents backing its hostile $7.4 billion cash offer for WMC Resources yesterday and cranked up a fear campaign to focus shareholders on the downside risk if the bid were to lapse.