Heineken shareholders okay Scottish & Newcastle buy
AMSTERDAM, April 17 |
AMSTERDAM, April 17 (Reuters) - Shareholders of Dutch brewer Heineken NV (HEIN.AS) approved on Thursday the company's acquisition of parts of rival Scottish & Newcastle SCTN.L in a deal that also includes Denmark's Carlsberg (CARLb.CO).
Heineken and Carlsberg agreed this year to buy Scottish & Newcastle for 7.8 billion pounds ($15.39 billion) to carve up Britain's biggest brewer, whose products include Foster's, Kronenbourg and Newcastle Brown Ale.
(Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)
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