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FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the logo of Shimizu Corp outside a construction site in Tokyo, Japan, December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai
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By Makiko Yamazaki
TOKYO (Reuters) – A U.S.-based fund has called for Japan’s Shimizu Corp to halt a $190 million bid to take control of road builder Nippon Road Co Ltd, saying the deal would be unfair to minority shareholders and go against governance reform.
In a letter to Nippon Road’s board this week that was seen by Reuters, Kaname Capital objected to Shimizu’s bid to double its holding to 50.1%.
Kaname, which owns 1.8% of Nippon Road, said the deal would put minority shareholders at a disadvantage by turning them into investors in a listed subsidiary.
“A partial bid is unsatisfactory. Only a 100% bid allows for fair and equal treatment of all shareholders,” the Boston-based long-only fund said in its letter.
The offer price of 10,000 yen ($84.13) a share was too low given Nippon Road’s cash on hand, shareholdings and other assets, Kaname said, putting the share value closer to 12,500 yen.
(Reporting by Makiko Yamazaki; Editing by David Dolan and Kim Coghill)
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