Japan's Iwatani Corp to buy 19.9% stake in Cosmo Energy from Murakami funds

Cosmo Energy Holdings Co

01/12/2023 06:46

TOKYO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Japanese gas company Iwatani
Corp  8088.T  on Friday said it will raise its stake in Cosmo
Energy Holdings  5021.T  to 19.93% by buying shares from funds
related to prominent activist shareholder Yoshiaki Murakami for
105.3 billion yen ($710.8 million).
    Murakami's funds have raised their stake in Cosmo Energy to
nearly 25% and have pursued a hostile takeover of the
third-biggest Japanese oil refiner, ahead of a shareholder vote
on Dec. 14.
($1 = 148.1400 yen)

 (Reporting by Kantaro Komiya; Editing by Edmund Klamann)
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