P527ORACLE 527 Mon 6 Jan C4 1714:58
BEAZER RAISES CASH
TERMS FOR KIER
Housebuilder CH Beazer has increased
the terms of the cash alternative to
its unwelcome offer fgr the cgntracthng
group French Kier.
The revised and "final" terms fgllos
market purchases of 3.4m Kier shares
(6.8%) and offer 285p a share in cash.
The upturn in retail sales last
November was even strgnger than fir1t
suspected, according to revised figures
The latest date suggests Britain's
High Street's saw a 3.1% upturn in the
month, compared with the 2.6% suggested
by the provisional figures last month.
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