Kelda to sell its Yorkshire division for about 3.77 billion euros

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Kelda PLC will sell off its Yorkshire Water unit to a nonprofit institution. Kelda will sell Yorkshire for approximately 2.4 billion pounds (3.77 billion euros).

Kelda Group PLC

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Management to bid for Seagram unit; team to compete with Diageo-Pernod alliance

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Top executives at Canadian conglomerate Seagram Company Ltd., have expressed interest to acquire the liquor business of Seagram when France-based Vivendi auctions it off. Other companies are bidding for the business, they are Pernod Ricard S.A., and Diageo PLC.

Canada, Market information - general, France, Distilled and blended liquors, Liquor, Distilleries, Joint ventures, Alcoholic beverage industry, Vivendi Universal S.A., Diageo PLC, Seagram Company Ltd., VO, Pernod Ricard S.A.

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Yorkshire Water agrees to purchase Aquarion of U.S. for 426.3 million euros

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Yorkshire Water PLC announced that it is planning to acquire Aquarion Co. for $444 million (426.3 million euros). Aquarion is a water treatment company based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Yorkshire is based in England. The acquisition price comes out to $37.05 per share. Yorkshire has a customer base of 1.9 million in England. The deal will for the first time give Yorkshire a direct US presence.

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Yorkshire Water to acquire Aquarion Co. for $444 million (426.3 million euros)

United States, Water Supply and Irrigation Systems, Foreign operations, Water Utilities, Abstract, Aquarion Co.

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