The Tokyo metropolitan area-based supermarket "OK", which aims to acquire the "Kansai Supermarket" based in Hyogo and Osaka, has indicated that Kansai Super will integrate its business with the operating company of Hankyu Hanshin Department Store. , Revealed that it sent a questionnaire saying that the explanation of the effect of the integration was insufficient.
"OK" had proposed a takeover bid for TOB = shares to "Kansai Super", which owns more than 7% of the shares, but last month, Kansai Super operated "H", which operates Hankyu Hanshin Department Store, etc.・ Announced that it will become a subsidiary through a business integration with H2O Retailing.
Kansai Super has no intention of withdrawing the policy in the midst of a battle between OK and H2O, but OK said that the explanation of the effect of the integration was insufficient. It was revealed that a questionnaire was sent to Kansai Super on the 21st.
The questionnaire said that he urged him to give his opinion as soon as possible on the concrete grounds for believing that it would be more profitable for shareholders to join H2O rather than the company's takeover offer.
Kansai Super has decided to seek approval for the business merger at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders at the end of next month, but OK has shown an opposition to this, and both sides' movements toward the general meeting are likely to become more active. is.