	elders happy to leave carling shares outstanding elders ixl ltd elxa s says it is happy to leave preferences shares of brewer carling o keefe ltd outstanding after an undisclosed bidder made an offer to uire all of carling s outstanding preferred stock elders which owns pct of carling s outstanding common shares previously proposed to redeem the carling series a preferred shares at canadian dlrs each and redeem the series b preferreds at dlrs a share the series a and b preferred shares carry no vote while dividends are paid elders says neither it nor carling knows the identity of the bidder for carling s preferred shares on may the bidder offered to uire the carling preferred for dlrs for each series a and dlrs for each series b share elders said leaving the carling preferred shares outstanding will not affect ongoing plans of the company series b preferred shareholders had previously rejected carling s proposal to redeem the shares and a series a preferred shareholders meeting was adjourned to june reuter 
