Complex sentence: In the end, Seagram lost out in the Conoco bidding war, though in exchange for its stake in Conoco Inc., it became a 24.3% owner of DuPont.
Split into simpler sentences: In the end, Seagram lost out in the Conoco bidding war. But in exchange for its stake in Conoco Inc., it became a 24.3% owner of DuPont.