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logistics services, for #.### British pounds ($#.### US) in cash per share, or a total value of ###.### mil pounds ($###.### mil). The transaction was subject to due diligence and shareholders approval. Previously, Laxey Partners Ltd planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the remaining ##% interest, or ##.### mil ordinary shares, which it did not already own, in TDG.</description><pubDate>5/13/2008 2:13:05 PM</pubDate><sdc:company_cusip xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">97265H</sdc:company_cusip><sdc:target_company_cusip xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">893854</sdc:target_company_cusip><sdc:company_cusip_up xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">97265H</sdc:company_cusip_up><sdc:target_company_cusip_up xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">893854</sdc:target_company_cusip_up><sdc:company xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">Wincanton PLC</sdc:company><sdc:target_company xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">TDG PLC</sdc:target_company><sdc:company_up xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">Wincanton PLC</sdc:company_up><sdc:target_company_up xmlns:sdc="http://www.alacra.com/sdc">TDG 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sdc:p="3">ordinary share capital of TDG</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">PLC (TDG), a London-based</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="5">provider of logistics</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="6">services, for 2.813 British</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="7">pounds ($5.496 US) in cash per</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="8">share, or a total value of</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="9">228.649 mil pounds ($446.734</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="10">mil). The transaction was</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="11">subject to due diligence and</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="12">shareholders approval.</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="13">Previously, Laxey Partners Ltd</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="14">planned to launch a tender</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="15">offer to acquire the remaining</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="16">78% interest, or 81.205 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="17">ordinary shares, which it did</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="18">not already own, in TDG.</sdc:value></sdc:n_SYNOPSIS><sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:value>UK - Wincanton PLC planned to launch a challenging tender offer to acquire the entire ordinary share capital of TDG PLC (TDG), a London-based provider of logistics services, for 2.813 British pounds ($5.496 US) in cash per share, or a total value of 228.649 mil pounds ($446.734 mil). The transaction was subject to due diligence and shareholders approval. Previously, Laxey Partners Ltd planned to launch a tender offer to acquire the remaining 78% interest, or 81.205 mil ordinary shares, which it did not already own, in TDG.</sdc:value></sdc:n_synopsis2><sdc:n_synopsis3><sdc:value sdc:p="0">UK - Wincanton PLC planned to launch a challenging tender offer to acquire the entire</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="1">ordinary share capital of TDG PLC (TDG), a London-based provider of logistics services,</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="2">for 2.813 British pounds ($5.496 US) in cash per share, or a total value of 228.649 mil</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="3">pounds ($446.734 mil). The transaction was subject to due diligence and shareholders</sdc:value><sdc:value sdc:p="4">approval. 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