Walt Disney open offer for UTV on Jan 16
Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) said on Wednesday it would launch an open offer January 16-20 for the shares it does not already own in Indian entertainment company UTV Software Communications Ltd.
The U.S. company, which controls 50.4 percent of UTV, said in a newspaper advertisement it would pay 835.03 to 1,000 rupees a share for delisting the company.
At the top end the offer represents a premium of 1.6 percent to UTV's closing price on Tuesday and would cost Disney about $384 million for the buyout.
Shares in UTV, valued at $761 million, were trading up 1 percent at 993.65 rupees in a weak Mumbai market.
Disney had said in July it plans to delist UTV, a provider of television and film content.
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