Proposed privatisation of HK's Guoco falls through


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KUALA LUMPUR: The proposed privatisation of Hong Kong-listed Guoco Group Ltd by GuoLine Overseas Ltd has fallen through after failing to obtain the support of shareholders.

In a joint filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Thursday, GuoLine and Guoco announced that the proposed scheme arrangement for the privatisation had failed to receive 75% of the votes attaching to the scheme shares held by the independent scheme shareholders at the court meeting.

Subsequently, the proposal lapsed and would not be implemented, the filing said.

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