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M&A

STX sails into Europe

By Chito Santiago


STX Group of South Korea executed a lightning M&A to acquire a stake in Aker Yards of Norway in October 2007. Rather than make a public offer for the shares, STX opted to execute an overnight trade and only informed the Aker board later

M&A

COSL acquires Norwegian rig assets

By Chito Santiago

China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL), a subsidiary of the state-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), is acquiring Awilco Offshore ASA of Norway for 12.7 billion Norwegian krone (US$2.5 billion), which will create the eighth largest rig fleet in the world

M&A

Biggest ever bond deal for Maxis buyout

By The Asset

Malaysia's mobile phone company, Maxis Communications, priced in late December 2007 the biggest ever local currency corporate bond deal in Asia, outside of Japan, to refinance the bridging loan provided by ABN AMRO to owner Ananda Krishman for his buyout of Maxis in June last year.

M&A

CIMB acquires Thai bank

By Chito Santiago

Malaysia's second biggest bank in terms of assets, CIMB Group, is paying 5.9 billion baht (US$177.18 million) to acquire a 42.13% stake in BankThai from the Thai government. This is CIMB's second .....