Whirlpool to withdraw offer for Britain's AGA Rangemaster
Sept 11 (Reuters) - Whirlpool Corp (NYSE: WHR - news) said it was withdrawing its proposal to buy Britain's AGA Rangemaster Group Plc, whose shareholders approved a $201 million takeover offer by U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . cooking equipment maker Middleby Corp (NasdaqGS: MIDD - news) on Tuesday.
Whirlpool approached AGA Rangemaster (LSE: AGA.L - news) , the maker of cast-iron range cookers popular in the UK, last week regarding a possible deal.
(Reporting by Ramkumar Iyer in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)