Japan's Sekisui House to buy US homebuilder M.D.C. Holdings for $4.95 bln

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TOKYO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Japanese homebuilder Sekisui House said on Thursday it would buy U.S. builder M.D.C. Holdings for about $4.95 billion.

Sekisui said in a statement it would pay $63 per share in M.D.C., about a 19% premium to its closing price on Wednesday. (Reporting by Rocky Swift; editing by Jason Neely)

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