Vesuvius's biggest shareholder backs a 549p offer. Will the board agree?

RHI Magnesita said on 29 September it is in talks to buy Vesuvius for 549p a share. Cevian, which owns 23%, will back it if the board does.

2 of 5In two of five cases where a company's largest shareholder backed a buyer the board had refused, the board then recommended the offer.

Will the Vesuvius board recommend RHI Magnesita's offer by 27 Oct?

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CVC drops out of the race for Bodycote. Will shareholders back the Veritas deal?

In all four similar British takeovers, shareholders backed the deal once the rival bidder had dropped out.

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Three of the last five Frasers stake-building campaigns ended in ownership; the two that failed met a bloc they could not out-vote.

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