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TAKE-A-LOOK-Ongoing major Asia M&A deals

Tue Sep 2, 2008 10:04pm EDT

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 Following are some of the leading takeover deals or major
stake buys ongoing in Asia.
 * denotes new/updated entry.
 TARGET                  BIDDER                VALUE ($bln)  
CALENDAR          LATEST STORY
 *Rio Tinto (RIO.AX)     BHP Billiton (BHP.AX)  150 (approx) 
EU review delay AU review Oct1   [ID:nSYD39050]
 Origin (ORG.AX)         BG (BG.L)               12 (approx) 
Sep26 close      [ID:nSYD96843]
 CSN's RIO.N Namisa    NipponSteel (5401.T)    10 (approx) 
Early Oct       [ID:nTKF003014]
                      + JFE (5411.T)
 Daewoo Ship (042660.KS) POSCO (005490.KS)        8 (50.4 pct)
October         [ID:nPEK113445]
                      Hyundai Heavy(009540.KS)
             [ID:nSEO37471]
                      GS Group
                      Hanwha (000880.KS)
            [ID:nSEO256363]
 Hapag-Lloyd (TUIGn.DE)  NOL (NEPS.SI)            7.4        
October          [ID:nLQ474997]
             [ID:nLJ591551]
 KEB (004940.KS)         HSBC (0005.HK)           6.3 (51 pct)
Sep30            [ID:nSEO72416]
 *Lehman LEH.N         Korea Development Bank   4-5.5 (25
pct?)               [ID:nSEO69191]
                      HSBC?
            [ID:nSEO149857]
 UnionBanCal UB.N      MUFG (8306.T)            3.5 (35 pct)
Tender ends Sep26 [ID:nT257094]
 *Temasek Senoko Power   five bidders shortlisted 3
            [ID:nSIN196541]
 Imperial IEC.L        ONGC (ONGC.BO)           2.6        
Agreed           [ID:nBOM88310]
 BII (BNII.JK)           Maybank (MBBM.KL)        2.7        
Sept26          [ID:nKLR209683]
 PCCW's (0008.HK)HKT  Providence Equity        2.5        
Mid/late Oct    [ID:nHKG109068]
                     MBK Partners
                      TPG Capital
                      Macquarie (MQG.AX)
                      Bain Capital
                      The Carlyle Group [CYL.UL]
                      Apax Partners
 Petro-Tech Peruana      CNPC/CNOOC (0883.HK)     2.5
            [ID:nHKG104793]
 *Huiyan Juice (1886.HK) Coca-Cola (KO.N)         2.3
            [ID:nHKG153157]
 Warehouse (WHS.NZ)      Woolworths (WOW.AX)      1.4
            [ID:nWEL217816]
                      Foodstuffs
            [ID:nWEL231172]
 For more news about:
 * Asia corporate M&A, click [E-MRG-ASIA-LEN-RTRS]
 * For Deals of the Day [DEALS/]

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