Toyota tender offer for Toyota Industries closes, results due Tuesday
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TOKYO, March 23 : Toyota's tender offer to take supplier Toyota Industries private at a price of 20,600 yen per share was set to close on Monday, with the results expected at or after 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) on Tuesday.Earlier this month, Toyota bumped its offer price for the forklift maker from 18,800 yen per s
TOKYO, March 23 : Toyota's tender offer to take supplier Toyota Industries private at a price of 20,600 yen per share was set to close on Monday, with the results expected at or after 3:30 p.m. (0630 GMT) on Tuesday.
Earlier this month, Toyota bumped its offer price for the forklift maker from 18,800 yen per share, valuing the deal at about $30 billion and ending a months-long standoff with activist fund Elliott Investment Management.
The offer period was set to expire at 3:30 p.m. Tokyo time on Monday.
Toyota originally offered 16,300 yen per share last year before lifting the bid twice, with the final offer price representing a 26 per cent premium to its initial proposal.

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