France's Schneider Electric raises Aveva buyout offer to $11.6 billion

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Schneider, which already owns a majority stake in the London-listed firm, in September offered to fully take over Aveva for 3,100 pence per share.

Several Aveva investors had threatened to reject the previous offer, including top-five investor Davidson Kempner.

The hedge fund said on Thursday the Schneider bid was “highly opportunistic” and it did not take into account Aveva’s long-term potential.

($1 = 0.8485 pounds)