Jan 5 (Reuters) - BlueScope Steel Ltd BSL.AX:
BLUESCOPE RESPONDS TO MEDIA SPECULATION
CONFIRMS THAT ON 12 DEC RECEIVED AN UNSOLICITED, NON-BINDING AND INDICATIVE PROPOSAL
RECEIVED PROPOSAL FROM AN AUSTRALIAN AND US CONSORTIUM
PROPOSAL FOR A$30.00 CASH PER BLUESCOPE SHARE
PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED AND UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED THREE SEPARATE UNSOLICITED APPROACHES
INDICATIVE PROPOSAL WOULD SEE SGH ACQUIRE ALL OF BLUESCOPE'S SHARES
INDICATIVE PROPOSAL WOULD THEN ON-SELL BLUESCOPE'S NORTH AMERICAN BUSINESSES TO STEEL DYNAMICS
CONSIDERING AND EVALUATING INDICATIVE PROPOSAL
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