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Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has emerged as the winner of the Fraser and Neave (F&N) takeover battle after rival Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) pulled out on Monday.
"The board together with the offeror is of the view that in order to secure the more than 50 per cent acceptances for the offer to become unconditional, the offeror would need to significantly increase the offer price to a level which is no longer as attractive to OUE, in particular, given the potential impact of the recent measures taken by the Singapore government in relation to the property market," OUE said in a statement.
"OUE is a disciplined investor and at all times acts in the best interests of OUE and its shareholders. Accordingly, the board of OUE has decided that it is in the best interests of OUE and OUE shareholders that the offeror not revise the offer price."
The 6pm regulatory deadline passed on Monday for OUE to raise its S$9.08 per share offer for F&N with no word from the property developer.
That ended a regulator-mandated auction for control of F&N, with Mr Charoen's S$9.55 per share offer as the highest bid on the table.
BT report
"The board together with the offeror is of the view that in order to secure the more than 50 per cent acceptances for the offer to become unconditional, the offeror would need to significantly increase the offer price to a level which is no longer as attractive to OUE, in particular, given the potential impact of the recent measures taken by the Singapore government in relation to the property market," OUE said in a statement.
"OUE is a disciplined investor and at all times acts in the best interests of OUE and its shareholders. Accordingly, the board of OUE has decided that it is in the best interests of OUE and OUE shareholders that the offeror not revise the offer price."
The 6pm regulatory deadline passed on Monday for OUE to raise its S$9.08 per share offer for F&N with no word from the property developer.
That ended a regulator-mandated auction for control of F&N, with Mr Charoen's S$9.55 per share offer as the highest bid on the table.
BT report