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Derek Rose

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Origin energy fields 18 4b takeover bid - You Need To See This

Origin Energy shares have soared on the back of a tentative takeover offer. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

A leading alternative asset manager has lobbed an $18.4 billion tentative takeover offer for Origin Energy.

Brookfield Asset Management and an LNG company have floated a figure of $9 a share, a 54.9 per cent premium on Wednesday's closing price of $5.81.

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