Exclusive: Vodafone, Hutchison to announce UK merger as soon as Friday

are in the final stage of agreeing to merge their British operations, with an announcement expected as soon as Friday or early next week, three sources have told Reuters.Vodafone will own 51% and Hutchison 49% of the combined group, which could be worth around 15 billion pounds including debt, in line with an announcement made by Vodafone in October, one of the sources said.

The respective stakes would be achieved by adjusting the ownership of debt rather than exchanging cash, the companies said in October. Talks about the deal to create Britain's biggest mobile operator have been protracted. Hutchison's chief financial officer Frank John SixtVodafone's new Chief Executive Margherita Della Valleto agree deals in major markets to improve the pan-European and African operator's performance.

Her predecessor Nick Read identified Britain as one of four markets that would benefit from consolidation, but a lack of progress frustrated shareholders, leading to him stepping down in December. The tie-up will create Britain's biggest mobile operator with about 27 million customers, overtaking BT's

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