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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Lonmin rejects Xstrata bid as undervaluing firm

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Wed Aug 6, 2008 4:12am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - Lonmin Plc rejected an unsolicited takeover bid worth $10 billion from mining group Xstrata on Wednesday, saying the 33-pound per share cash offer undervalued the company.

"This is an opportunistic and entirely unwelcome attempt to acquire Lonmin at a price which undervalues its unique assets," the world's third-biggest platinum producer said in a statement.

(Reporting by Eric Onstad)



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