Shares in Danisco (DCO.CO) topped the price of the $5.8 billion bid from U.S. chemicals group DuPont (DD.N) on Monday after the chairman of the Danish food company said the offer was the best of several. At 0900 GMT shares in Danisco were up 26.04 percent at 668 Danish crowns. Dupont's bid, structured as a public tender offer, valued Danisco's shares at 665 Danish crowns in cash per share. "There has been a process where several contenders have been involved, and in the final round here there was still competition for the company, and last night we had the winner," Jorgen Tandrup, chairman of Danisco's board said, adding he did not expect anti-trust problems in the acquisition. For more on DuPont's bid to acquire Danisco, see [ID:nN09219516] (Reporting by John Acher and Ole Mikkelsen in Copenhagen and Ernest Scheyder and Megan Davies in New York, writing by Sophie Walker) (Editing by Louise Heavens)
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