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Its general insurance</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">provides home, contents, motor</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">vehicle and travel insurance</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">for retail individual market</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">in New Zealand and commercial</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">insurance in the Pacific</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">Islands. Its health and life</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">insurance products are for</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">retail individual and groups</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">markets. Its investment</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">business operates in wholesale</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">and retail funds management</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">and group superannuation. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">company was founded in 1869.</sdc:value></sdc:h_TEST><sdc:h_business><sdc:value sdc:p="0">Tower Ltd, located in Auckland, is an insurance company. 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Guinness Peat</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">Group PLC, through its</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">wholly-owned GPG Twenty One</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">Ltd unit, planned to launch a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">tender offer to raise its</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">stake to 35% from 19.7%, by</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">acquiring a further 15.3%</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">stake, or 29.342 mil ordinary</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">shares, in Tower Ltd, an</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">insurance company, for 2.3 New</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">Zealand dollars (0.91 British</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">pound/$1.793 US) per share, or</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">a total value of NZ$67.488 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">(26.691 mil pounds/$52.62</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">mil), in a privately</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">negotiated transaction. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">transaction was subject to</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">shareholder approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>NEW ZEALAND - Guinness Peat Group PLC, through its wholly-owned GPG Twenty One Ltd unit, planned to launch a tender offer to raise its stake to 35% from 19.7%, by acquiring a further 15.3% stake, or 29.342 mil ordinary shares, in Tower Ltd, an insurance company, for 2.3 New Zealand dollars (0.91 British pound/$1.793 US) per share, or a total value of NZ$67.488 mil (26.691 mil pounds/$52.62 mil), in a privately negotiated transaction. The transaction was subject to shareholder approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">NEW ZEALAND - Guinness Peat Group PLC, through its wholly-owned GPG Twenty One Ltd unit,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">planned to launch a tender offer to raise its stake to 35% from 19.7%, by acquiring a</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">further 15.3% stake, or 29.342 mil ordinary shares, in Tower Ltd, an insurance company,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">for 2.3 New Zealand dollars (0.91 British pound/$1.793 US) per share, or a total value of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">NZ$67.488 mil (26.691 mil pounds/$52.62 mil), in a privately negotiated transaction. The</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">transaction was subject to shareholder approval.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:n_synopsis4><sdc:value sdc:p="0">NEW ZEALAND - Guinness Peat Group PLC, through its wholly-owned GPG Twenty One Ltd unit, planned to launch a tender offer to raise its stake to 35% from 19.7%, by acquiring a further 15.3% stake, or</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">29.342 mil ordinary shares, in Tower Ltd, an insurance company, for 2.3 New Zealand dollars (0.91 British pound/$1.793 US) per share, or a total value of NZ$67.488 mil (26.691 mil pounds/$52.62 mil),</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">in a privately negotiated transaction. 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