Liberty 全世界の takes 5% 'opportunistic' 火刑／賭ける in Vodafone
Liberty 負かす／撃墜する 1.6% in U.S. 貿易（する）ing
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Liberty boss says Vodafone 株 undervalued
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Vodafone 拒絶する／低下するs to comment
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Liberty becomes Vodafone's No.3 投資家 with new 火刑／賭ける
(追加するs Vodafone 拒絶する／低下するing to comment)
By Muvija M and Tiyashi Datta
LONDON, Feb 13 (Reuters) -
U.S.-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d Liberty 全世界の 公表する／暴露するd a 近づく-5% 火刑／賭ける in British telecom group Vodafone on Monday, 説 its larger 競争相手's 株 were undervalued by the market but 判決，裁定 out a 引き継ぎ／買収.
Liberty 全世界の 大統領 マイク Fries called the 火刑／賭ける in Vodafone, whose 株 have ひどく lagged London's blue-半導体素子 索引 over the past two years with a 30% 減少（する）, an "opportunistic and 財政上の 投資."
"We believe, like many others, that Vodafone's 現在の 株 price does not 反映する the underlying long-称する，呼ぶ／期間／用語 value of their operating 商売／仕事s, or their 発表するd consolidation and 組織／基盤／下部構造 適切な時期s," Fries said.
Vodafone, which 報告（する）／憶測d worse-than-推定する／予想するd 年４回の results earlier this month, 拒絶する／低下するd to comment. The pair own Vodafone Ziggo, a Netherlands 投機・賭ける.
The British company, whose boss of four years, Nick Read, stepped 負かす／撃墜する in December, has been selling 資産s to 焦点（を合わせる） on Europe and Africa, but the 取引，協定s have not 上げるd its 在庫／株 price, which has fallen over the past five years.
Liberty 全世界の owns half of Virgin マスコミ O2, a major Vodafone 競争相手 in its home market, and has 操作／手術s in Belgium, Switzerland, Ireland and Slovakia.
Liberty 全世界の is now Vodafone's third-largest 株主 after UAE-based telecoms company e& and American 投資 group BlackRock. French telecoms 億万長者 Xavier Niel also bought a 火刑／賭ける in Vodafone last year.
株 in Vodafone, which operates in 24 countries, の近くにd 2.1% higher at 94 pence on Monday, giving the company a market capitalisation of 25.50 billion 続けざまに猛撃するs ($30.94 billion), Refinitiv data showed.
Liberty 全世界の, valued at $9.94 billion, bought 1.34 billion Vodafone 株, or about 4.93% of the company, through a 取引，協定 伴う／関わるing 225 million 続けざまに猛撃するs in 公正，普通株主権 基金ing from the group, によれば its 声明.
The Nasdaq-名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d company, which also has 火刑／賭けるs in British 放送者 ITV, data centre provider AtlasEdge and the 決まり文句／製法 E racing series, said it did not ーするつもりである to 捜し出す a board seat. Its 株 were 負かす／撃墜する 1.6% by 1940 GMT, losing out on a broader 塀で囲む Street 決起大会／結集させる. ($1 = 0.8242 続けざまに猛撃するs) (報告（する）／憶測ing by Muvija M in London and Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli, Jane Merriman, Paul Sandle and Richard Chang)
