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By Marie Mannes (Reuters) -Swedish Match’s small shareholders have sold parts or all of their holdings to lock in profits even though they oppose Marlboro-maker Philip Morris International’s $16 billion bid for the company. PMI launched its bid for the maker of tobacco and nicotine oral products at 106 crowns a share in May, and in October raised its offer to 116 Swedish crowns ($10.60) after Swedish Match’s shares traded consistently above the original bid price. The stock has doubled since the first PMI bid in May. The deadline for shareholders to tender shares in support of the bid was 1600…