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A higher offer could tempt reluctant shareholders to initiate play
Bid revives the spirit of the takeover tactics used by an earlier corporate buccaneer
LSE has been pushing nominated advisers to improve quality of companies they bring to market
Engineering group says takeover targets are emerging from the industrial gloom
Industrial group to return £2.4bn to shareholders after sale of utility meter business
Industrial turnround group hit by fall in oil prices
Sale of German meter manufacturer equates to 2.3 times equity investment
Company acquires two unrelated defined benefit schemes in deal for Elster
Industrial group will be looking to buy more after selling Elster at profit
Investors to receive £2bn windfall after UK group offloads meter business
Specialist considering sale of Elster Water meters group waits for best price on next purchase
Turnround specialist adds to January’s £600m shareholder windfall
UK-based engineering turnround specialist looks for new buys
Engineer pledges to return cash to investors by the year-end
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