Foxconn to pay more than $6B for a majority stake in Sharp
Sharp has approved an offer from Hon Hai Precision Industry and related companies to acquire more than 66 percent of the company’s voting stock, making the Taiwanese contract manufacturer the new parent of the Japanese firm.
However, on Thursday, shortly after Sharp's announcement of its approval of the deal, Foxconn appeared to throw doubts on the pact, saying it would postpone signing on the agreement until it had reviewed some "new material information" from Sharp, reports said.
The deal, which will bring to ailing Sharp funds for investment in newer technologies like OLED, will be done through the issue of new shares to Hon Hai and partner companies for 489 billion yen (US$4.4 billion). Hon Hai will also acquire shares held by lenders to Sharp for around 200 billion yen.
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