Monday, April 9, 2007

Coles shareholder backs Wesfarmers bid

(Reuters) - SYDNEY, April 9 - Privately-owned Hedley Group, which has a stake in Australian retailer Coles Group Ltd. , has given its backing to Wesfarmers Ltd.'s A$19.7 billion takeover bid for Coles.

Hedley Group said late on Sunday it agreed to vote its 17.9 million Coles shares -- around 1.5 percent of Coles' stock -- in support of Perth-based Wesfarmers' proposed deal, increasing the building supplies-to-power conglomerate's voting control to 12.8 percent.


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