16.10.2014 - MAS asks shareholders to take Khazanah’s RM1.38b offer
Malaysian Airline System Bhd., the carrier reeling from the crash of two planes this year, said small shareholders should accept a buyout offer from the carrier’s majority owner as it called the proposal fair. The airline’s directors recommended the plan after the audit committee found parent Khazanah Nasional Bhd.’s offer fair and reasonable, the Subang, Malaysia-based company said in a statement to the stock exchange today. In August, the sovereign wealth fund proposed 27 sen per share, totalling RM1.38 billion (US$421 million), to buy the remaining 30.6 per cent stake it doesn’t own in the company. Khazanah is delisting the airline by buying out minority shareholders in the first stage of restructuring aimed at reviving the flag carrier...............................................Full Article: Source
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