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Samsung Heavy Industries CEO denies immediate merger attempt with Samsung Engineering
- Collected
- 2016.08.18
- Distributed
- 2016.08.19
- Source
- Go Direct
“It would be best for the two entities to endeavor to survive independently,” Park said after a weekly meeting among CEOs of Samsung Group. Samsung Heavy Industries as previously announced plans to bolster capital by around 1 trillion won ($905 million) by issuing new shares to other Samsung Group units that already own stakes in the troubled shipbuilder in need of debt relief and immediate liquidity due to drought of orders from prolonged depression in oil prices and global economic slowdown. Samsung Engineering also resorted to rights offering and rescue from Samsung Group affiliates in February.
Yet the merger option remains open, he said.
“It is true that we need some technology of Samsung Engineering,” he said.
The two companies negotiated a merger in September 2014 but dropped the plan in the face of opposition from shareholders. Rumors have continued to swirl that the two would eventually be combined into one to overcome respective business challenges and gained grounds after the so-called One Shot Act designed to facilitate and promote corporate restructuring took effect for a three-year period.
By Kang Young-woon
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