LONDON: The biggest shareholder in German semiconductor manufacturing equipment maker Aixtron, Argonaut Capital, said the government's plan to review an agreed takeover by Chinese investment fund Fujian Grand Chip was "irresponsible".
Argonaut's chief executive, Barry Norris, said the reopening of a review into the deal, announced Monday and linked by Fujian Grand Chip to concerns over defence technology, was based on "highly dubious allegations" and driven by domestic German politics.
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