澳大利亚造船商Austal延长韩华尽调期 股价盘中大涨11.5%
悉尼讯——据路透社10月14日报道，澳大利亚造船商Austal当天宣布，延长韩国韩华集团对其美国业务尽职调查的期限，以便韩华有更多时间提出正式收购要约，消息推动Austal股价盘中大涨，最高涨幅达11.5%，至每股4.18澳元，创8月11日以来最大盘中涨幅。
Austal在声明中表示，与韩华的商业谈判已经启动，讨论潜在交易的条款，公司同时继续评估交易的税务影响。声明称，数据室中的实质性问题已经解决，原有交易参数没有改变，但仍有一批重要性较低的资料请求待处理。Austal同时表示，仍在与美国Wildcat Infrastructure讨论其收购Austal美国业务的方案。
据路透社报道，Wildcat于9月提出以最高13.5亿美元收购Austal美国业务，高于韩华此前最高12亿美元的出价。Austal是澳大利亚主要国防造船企业之一，其美国业务为美国海军等客户建造舰船。
（资料来源：路透社、Austal 公司声明）
Australia's Austal Shares Jump as Hanwha Gets More Time to Bid for US Unit
SYDNEY — Australian shipbuilder Austal said on October 14 it had extended the due diligence period for South Korea's Hanwha Group, allowing the conglomerate more time to formulate a formal offer for its U.S. business, Reuters reported. Austal shares jumped as much as 11.5 percent to A$4.18, posting their strongest intraday gain since August 11.
Austal said commercial negotiations with Hanwha had started on the terms of a potential transaction, while the company also continues to assess its tax implications. Regarding due diligence, the company said substantive issues in the data room have been closed out and the original parameters of the transaction have not changed, though a tail of lower-materiality data requests remains outstanding. Austal said it also remains in discussions with U.S.-based Wildcat Infrastructure regarding its proposal to acquire Austal's U.S. operations.
Wildcat offered up to US$1.35 billion in September for Austal's U.S. business, topping an earlier bid of up to US$1.20 billion from Hanwha, according to Reuters. Austal is one of Australia's main defence shipbuilders, and its U.S. unit builds vessels for customers including the U.S. Navy.
(Sources: Reuters, Austal company statement)
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