Waterford Wedgwood to complete acquistion of Royal Doulton shares
28/01/2005 - 08:37:14Luxury goods group Waterford Wedgwood is today to complete its acquisition of shares in British china maker Royal Doulton.
Waterford Wedgwood said today that it had received acceptances for its €58m offer from shareholders representing 90.7% of the shares involved in the offer, not including the 21% of the company already held by Waterford.
Application has now been made to the UK Listing Authority and the London Stock Exchange for the cancellation of admission to listing and admission to trading of Royal Doulton Shares. Shares in Royal Doulton will be delisted on February 15.
