The curtains will close on DuluxGroup's nine year stint on the ASX-boards on Wednesday, when shareholders vote overwhelmingly in favour of a $4.2 billion bid from Japan's Nippon Paint.
It is understood proxy votes heading into the meeting were well and truly enough to see the vote carried - and set in motion DuluxGroup's final week as a listed company.
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