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Maersk makes SKr3.6bn bid for Broström

By Robert Wright, Transport Correspondent

Published: August 27 2008 09:34 | Last updated: August 27 2008 13:15

The operator of the world’s largest container shipping fleet is set to become the biggest oil product tanker operator after Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk made an agreed offer for Sweden’s Broström.

The SKr57 per share offer, which values Broström’s shares at SKr3.62bn (€386m), is assured of shareholder approval after all the holders of the A Shares, which have disproportionate voting power, backed the offer.

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