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Acorn sells out for £270m

By Dominic Maher

Published: 27 April 1999 16:47 GMT

Acorn Group has agreed to a £270m bid from investment house, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter.

The move will see Acorn shareholders receive two shares in ARM - the chip-designing firm part-owned by Acorn - for every five Acorn shares. The Acorn shares have been valued at 279p each.

The firm said it will also sell its set-top box business to Pace Micro Technology.

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