RMB Capital Opposes Tender Offer from Bandai Namco to Acquire Sotsu
RMB Capital (RMB), an independent investment advisory firm, opposes the tender offer by Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. (7832 JP) to acquire a controlling stake in Sotsu Co., Ltd. (3711 JP).
- RMB Capital (RMB), an independent investment advisory firm, opposes the tender offer by Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. (7832 JP) to acquire a controlling stake in Sotsu Co., Ltd. (3711 JP).
- RMBs opposition to this tender offer is due to the following reasons:
The planned post-tender offer transactions between the founding family of Sotsu and Bandai Namco may violate the tender offer rule that prohibits discriminatory tender offer conditions among shareholders as specified by the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act in Japan. - RMB believes the disclosure around this tender offer, especially that of the valuation assumptions of the tender offer price, is very limited compared with the normal tender offer practices in Japan.
- RMB also expects Bandai Namco to implement a tender offer process that complies with the tender offer rule in Japan.