	elders purchase of canadian brewer approved elders ixl ltd elxa s said the canadian government approved its bid for carling o keefe ltd elders earlier announced it was buying mln shares or pct of carling from the canadian subsidiary of rothmans international plc rot l for canadian dlrs each elders chairman john elliott said in a statement when the offer for the ordinary shares closed on april that acceptances representing over pct of outstanding shares had been received ixl holdings would proceed to uire the rest compulsorily he said reuter 
