- Veteran corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley has admitted defeat over his company’s takeover attempt of former Wellington department store Kirkcaldie & Stains.
Mercantile Investments had offered $3 per share to shareholders.
From the beginning, Kirkcaldies’ directors told shareholders the Brierley-led company was being opportunistic and trying to buy the remnants of the retailer on the cheap.
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