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United Spirits Shareholders Ignore Diageo Open Offer

Diageo PLC (DGE.LN) received just a fraction of the shares it had offered to buy in India's United Spirits Ltd. (532432.BY) from public shareholders as the offer price was significantly lower than the stock's market value.The U.K. alcohol giant offered to buy a 26% stake, or 38 million shares, for 1,440 rupees ($26) a share from the Indian spirits maker's public shareholders between April 10 and April 26. But the stock's price rose well beyond the offer price as investors expected Diageo to sweeten the offer.JM Financial Institutional Securities Pvt. Ltd., which managed the offer, Wednesday said just 64,169 shares were tendered to the offer, of which 58,668 were accepted.The open offer was part of Diageo's $2 billion deal struck in November to buy up to a 53.4% stake in the Indian company. The deal included buying a 27.4% stake from United Spirits Chairman Vijay Mallya, a few companies controlled by him and in new shares.Under Indian rules, any merger and acquisition involving more tha...

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