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[Alpha Biz=(Chicago) Reporter Kim Jisun] Hybe said it will not raise SM Entertainment's public purchase price. Although SM Entertainment's stock price is exceeding the public offer price due to Kakao's possibility of a "counter public offer," it is analyzed that it has expressed its willingness not to forcibly acquire SM Inter even by raising the public offer price.
We will not raise the public offer price until the end of the public purchase of SM Entertainment, a Hybe official said on the 19th. "There will be no further change (public offer price) because we have offered the best price we can offer after various review."
Hybe has been making public purchases to SM Entertainment since the 10th. It plans to acquire a 25% stake in SM Entertainment for 120,000 won per share by the 1st of next month. The unit price of the public purchase is about 21% premium applied to the stock price (98,500 won) just before the announcement. Hive has also decided to acquire a 14.8% stake in former general producer Lee Soo-man, the largest shareholder of SM Entertainment, for 120,000 won per share.
Alphabiz Reporter Kim Jisun(stockmk2020@alphabiz.co.kr)
