UK pubs operator Greene King agrees to £4.6 billion Hong Kong offer
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(Reuters) - British pubs operator Greene King has agreed to a 4.6 billion pounds bid from a Hong Kong-listed company founded by the territory's richest man Li Ka-Shing, which said it was seeking to increase its UK presence even as Brexit looms.The offer from CK Asset , whose founder ranks among Asia's best-known entrepreneurs, values shares in the brewer of Old Speckled Hen and Abbot Ale at 850 pence each or 2.7 billion pounds in total, a premium of about 51% to their Friday close. Including..