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sdc:p="1">comprised of Eczacibasi</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">Holding (EH) and Eczacibasi</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi ve</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">Ticaret, a unit of EH, agreed</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">to launch a tender offer to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">acquire a 50% interest plus</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">one share, or 1.760 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">ordinary shares, in Burgbad</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">AG, a Schmallenberg-based</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">manufacturer and wholesaler of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">bathroom furniture, from</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">Ruddies Beteiligungs- und</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">Vermoegensverwaltungsgesellsc</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">haft mbH, for 20.12 euros</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">(40.3 Turkish lirasi/$31.325</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">US) in cash per share, or a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">total value of 35.411 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The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">GERMANY - An investor group comprised of Eczacibasi Holding (EH) and Eczacibasi Yapi</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Gerecleri Sanayi ve Ticaret, a unit of EH, agreed to launch a tender offer to acquire a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">50% interest plus one share, or 1.760 mil ordinary shares, in Burgbad AG, a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Schmallenberg-based manufacturer and wholesaler of bathroom furniture, from Ruddies</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">Beteiligungs- und Vermoegensverwaltungsgesellsc haft mbH, for 20.12 euros (40.3 Turkish</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">lirasi/$31.325 US) in cash per share, or a total value of 35.411 mil euros (70.927 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">lirasi/$55.132 mil). The transaction was subject to regulatory approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">GERMANY - An investor group comprised of Eczacibasi Holding (EH) and Eczacibasi Yapi Gerecleri Sanayi ve Ticaret, a unit of EH, agreed to launch a tender offer to acquire a 50% interest plus one</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">share, or 1.760 mil ordinary shares, in Burgbad AG, a Schmallenberg-based manufacturer and wholesaler of bathroom furniture, from Ruddies Beteiligungs- und Vermoegensverwaltungsgesellsc haft mbH, for</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">20.12 euros (40.3 Turkish lirasi/$31.325 US) in cash per share, or a total value of 35.411 mil euros (70.927 mil lirasi/$55.132 mil). 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