* Vodafone secures close to 20 percent of Kabel Deutschland
* Offer for Kabel Deutschland runs out at midnight
* Vodafone wants at least 75 percent of shares
FRANKFURT, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Vodafone has securedclose to 20 percent of shares in Kabel Deutschland,meaning it needs another 55 percent to be tendered on Wednesdayfor its 7.7 billion-euro ($10.2 billion) offer for Germany'slargest cable company to succeed.
Vodafone's 84.50 euro per share offer for Kabel Deutschlandruns out at midnight, but it will lapse if holders of less thanthree quarters of the German company's shares agree to sell.
The British company, which last week agreed the sale of itsshare in U.S. operator Verizon Wireless for $130 billion, wantsto buy Kabel Deutschland to offer more television and fixed-lineservices in Germany, its largest European mobile market.
Including shares already tendered, Vodafone held 19.88percent of Kabel Deutschland's share capital by 1530 GMT onSept. 10, Vodafone said in a statement on Wednesday. Thatcompares with close to 12 percent last Friday.
In acquisitions, shareholders often wait until the deadlineto tender their shares in case a last-minute rival bid emerges.
Vodafone also faces pressure from Kabel Deutschland'slargest shareholder, U.S. activist investment fund manager PaulSinger, to raise its offer for the German firm but has shown nosigns of budging.
Shares in Kabel Deutschland were down 0.3 percent at 84.81euros by 0728 GMT, while Vodafone was up 0.9 percent.