Brief: Unizo Says has agreed to Fortress offer

HIS Co

16/08/2019 08:37

Aug 16 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp  9984.T :
    * UNIZO SAYS HAS RECEIVED TENDER OFFER FROM FORTRESS GROUP
FOR
4,000 YEN PER SHARE
    * UNIZO SAYS FORTRESS OFFER IS MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN THAT OF
HIS
    * FORTRESS HAS OFFERED TO BUY ALL UNIZO SHARES AND AT LEAST
A
66.67 PERCENT STAKE
    * UNIZO SAYS FORTRESS OFFER RUNS FROM AUG 19 TO OCT 1
    * UNIZON SAYS FORTRESS OFFFER WOULD MEAN CANCELLEING OF
HALF-YEAR
AND FULL-YEAR DIVIDENDS
    * UNIZO SAYS~ HAS AGREED TO FORTRESS OFFER

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