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From: RealMuLan	7/13/2008 7:08:18 PM
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The 1st successful hostile takeover of a foreign company by a Chinese company -- " China's Sinosteel wins takeover bid for Australia's Midwest www.chinaview.cn 2008-07-12 15:43:18 news.xinhuanet.com BEIJING, July 12 (Xinhua) -- China's second-largest iron ore trader, Sinosteel Corp., announced it had won a controlling share of Australian iron ore miner Midwest Corp. as of July 10. Sinosteel offered 6.38 Australian dollars (6.17 U.S. dollars) cash per share for Midwest. It now holds 213,840,550 shares, or 50.97 percent, of the company. The total offer stood at 1.36 billion Australian dollars. On July 10, Sinosteel appointed three board directors to Midwest: deputy general manager of Sinosteel Mining Development WuHongbin, general manager of Sinosteel Australia Mining Cheng Sijunand Australian lawyer Ian MaCubbin. The appointments took effect as of July 11. Fang Fang, JPMorgan China's chief executive officer, said the bid was of great significance for Chinese companies seeking overseas takeovers. The bid was the first successful hostile takeover by a Chinese company.JPMorgan advised Sinosteel in the bid. Sinosteel was the first Chinese company to participate in overseas mining projects. In 1988, it began to develop the ChannarIron Mine in Australia's Pilbara with local companies. Editor: Amber Yao"

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