Temasek buys Shin Corp


SINGAPORE: Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra's family has sold a 73 billion baht (RM7.1bil) stake in Shin Corp, which controls Thailand's biggest mobile phone operator, to Singapore's Temasek Holdings Pte. 

Thaksin's family sold 1.49 billion shares, or 49.6% stake, at 49.25 baht each, the Singapore government's investment arm said in a statement yesterday. The fund will make a tender offer for the remaining shares in Shin Corp and its mobile phone unit, Advanced Info Service Pcl, according to a filing with the Thai Stock Exchange earlier. 

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