Thursday, May 31, 2007

Japan's Hoya to buy Pentax for $860 mln

(Reuters) - Hoya will offer 770 yen for each Pentax share, in line with its earlier proposals. Ahead of the announcement, Pentax shares closed up 0.52 percent at 776 yen.




"There seems to be some expectations in the market that the TOB might not go through under the current conditions and Hoya could be forced to raise its bid price," said Ken Masuda, a senior dealer in equities at Shinko Securities.


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