Elliott Sells Shares of Samsung C&T After Losing Merger Battle
ByCreditAhn Young-Joon/Associated Press
HONG KONG — The activist hedge fund Elliott Associates has sold shares in Samsung C&T, the South Korean construction company, after Elliott failed to block an $8 billion merger with another Samsung affiliate, Cheil Industries.
Under South Korean law, Samsung C&T investors who opposed the deal can sell their shares back to the company by Thursday for 57,234 won, or $49, per share.
Elliott confirmed that it had exercised its so-called appraisal rights. It said the decision had been made “in light of, among other things, the continued overvaluation of Cheil Industries, which Elliott believes to be wholly unjustified.”…
Elliott Sells Shares of Samsung C&T After Losing Merger Battle