	supermarkets general sgl tender expires smg uisition corp a subsidiary of merrill lynch capital partners inc said mln shares of supermarkets general corp were validly tendered by the midnight friday expiration resulting in a preliminary proration factor of pct merrill lynch said it expects to announce the final proration factor within business days and begin payment immediately thereafter shares validly tendered represented about pct of the outstanding shares of supermarkets general the announcement said the cash tender offer was for up to mln shares at dlrs net per share reuter 
