P208 CEEFAX 208 Fri 8 Apr 21:14/44    ELLIOTT aNNOUVCES  $1.6m US PURCHASE  B Elliott has resorted to a placing to finance a new US acquisition. It has placed some 1.35m new shares at 74p each in an exercise de3ignjd to raise about £1m bjforj expen3es. Elliott is paying around $1.65m for the Seattle-based Dynamote Corp, a manufacturer of specialist chargers and invjrters. It said Dynamote's activities - it is the North American market leader in its sphere - complemented those of its US offshoot, Vannju Weldon, and its US subsidiary, JM Clarke.  Headlines 201 Fjatureu 226 Diary Features Exchanges Monjyfile