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Samsung units agree to merge
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THE shipbuilding and engineering units of South Korea’s Samsung group said yesterday that they would merge, as the family-run giant gears up for generational ownership succession.
The board members of Samsung Heavy Industries, the world’s third-largest shipbuilder, and Samsung Engineering had approved the tie-up via a share swap, said a joint statement.
Shareholders at the engineering unit will be given 2.36 shares in the shipbuilder, it said, adding that the deal would be finalized by December.
The two firms hope to achieve total sales of 40 trillion won (US$39.4 billion) by 2020 from 25 trillion won in 2013, it said.
Samsung Heavy focuses on shipbuilding and offshore plants while Samsung Engineering builds onshore energy plants globally.
“The merged company will be able to provide total solutions for both offshore and onshore plants for clients including major oil companies,” the statement said.
South Korea’s top business group has under its wings dozens of units including Samsung Electronics, the world’s top maker of mobile phones and televisions.
The group, led by Chairman Lee Kun-Hee, has in recent years reorganized to pave the way for his son, Jay Y. Lee, to take the helm.
The senior Lee, largely credited with transforming the once-obscure electronics firm into the global giant, has been in hospital since May with respiratory and heart problems.
The junior Lee is the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics.
The Lee family controls the vast group through a highly complex web of cross shareholdings across its subsidiaries.
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