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Sept 30 (Reuters) – Cooper Tire and Rubber Co said
its shareholders approved its sale to India’s Apollo Tyres
, bringing the tire makers one step closer to
completing their $2.5 billion deal.
About 96 percent of the shares that were voted at a
shareholder meeting on Monday were in favor of the merger. The
company said about 78 percent of Cooper’s outstanding common
shares were voted at the shareholder meet.
Cooper shares were up 1 percent at $31.10 in late morning
trading on Monday, well below the offer price of $35.
(Reporting by Mridhula Raghavan in Bangalore; Editing by
Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)
