Apollo Global Management LLC : to acquire RPC for £3.3 billion

(Reuters) - RPC Group said on Wednesday Apollo Global Management agreed to buy Europe's biggest plastics packaging maker for 3.3 billion pounds in cash, ending months of negotiations.

The per-share offer of 782 pence represents a premium of 15.6 percent to RPC's closing price of 683.6 pence on Sept. 7, the last trading day before the offer period began.

(Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)