March 12 (Reuters) - Intellectual property services provider IPH Ltd (IPH) on Tuesday offered to buy smaller rival Xenith Ip Group (XIP) for about A$174.8 million ($123.64 million).
IPH said it was offering A$1.97 in cash and equity for each share in Xenith. The offer represents a premium of about 23 percent to Xenith's last close.
Xenith is in the process of merging with peer QANTM Intellectual Property Ltd (QIP) . QANTM made an all-equity bid for the company in November 2018 and offered 1.22 of its shares for each share in Xenith.
IPH, which had acquired a nearly 20 percent interest in Xenith last month, said its proposal was superior to QANTM's, and that it planned to vote against the proposal.
($1 = 1.4138 Australian dollars)
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| Open | High | Low | Value | Volume |
| $4.50 | $4.59 | $4.44 | $17.06M | 3.764M |
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| 1 | 5000 | $4.59 |
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| $4.60 | 1617 | 3 |
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