Chinese logistics giant S.F. Holding Co has offered to buy a 51.8 percent stake in Hong Kong-listed Kerry Logistics Networks Ltd, it said in an exchange filing on Tuesday.
The offer, at HK$18.8 ($2.43) per share and valuing the total transaction at HK$17.6 billion, will be conducted by S.F. Holding unit Flourish Harmony Holdings Co Ltd, it said in the filing. The price represents a 19.83% discount to the stock’s last close of HK$23.45 on Feb.4, prior to a trading halt.
Kerry Logistics said it will separately declare a special dividend of HK$7.28 per from the sales of its warehouse assets for HK$13.5 bln ($1.74 bln) to parent company Kerry Holdings. The company will also sell its Taiwan operations to the parent.
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