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BHP Raises Takeover for Rio Tinto, Offers 3.4 Shares (Update1)

By Rebecca Keenan

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- BHP Billiton Ltd., the world's biggest mining company, made a sweetened $147.4 billion takeover bid for Rio Tinto Group after its London-based competitor refused to enter merger negotiations.

BHP offered 3.4 shares for each share of Rio, the Melbourne- based company said today in a statement to the Australian Stock Exchange. BHP's three-for-one all-stock proposal made on Nov. 8 was rejected by Rio as undervaluing its mines and growth prospects.

Chief Executive Officer Marius Kloppers has pledged to generate $3.7 billion in cost savings and revenue gains by buying the world's third-largest mining company.

``The synergy from the cost and revenue side would be enormous,'' said Simon Bonouvrie at Platypus Asset Management, which manages A$1.4 billion ($1.2 billion) including both stocks, in Sydney. ``It would bring new production quicker and benefit both sets of shareholders.''

Rio Tinto's American depositary receipts gained 6.3 percent to $450 in New York.

To contact the reporter on this story: Rebecca Keenan in Melbourne at


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