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Capitulation

30 May 2006 By Simon Nixon

The US materials group didn t have much choice. Its plan to buy back its own shares at $45 each won little support from shareholders. BASF has answered critics who feared the German chemical giant would overpay. At $39 a share, the deal should deliver value.

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