Canadian law firm Stikeman Elliott is advising British American Tobacco (BAT) on its offer to acquire Imasco, the Canadian consumer products group. BAT already owns 42% of Imasco, but is offering to buy the remaining equity for around C$ 10.3 billion ($6.9 billion). If the deal goes ahead BAT will keep Imperial Tobacco, Imasco’s tobacco business, but sell the group’s other subsidiaries.
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