Drinks giant Diageo backs takeover bid
Drinks giant Diageo today backed the £7.4bn (€11bn) takeover of Allied Domecq by French rival Pernod Ricard after being allowed to cherry-pick key brands.
Diageo revealed it was paying £200m (€297m) for Bushmills – the second biggest brand of Irish whiskey – on condition that Pernod successfully lands control of Allied.
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