Taiwan Cement Corp. (TSEC:1101) made a tender offer to acquire additional 57.49% stake in Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corporation (TSEC:4725) for TWD 1.4 billion on July 15, 2020. Under the terms of the offer, 75.8 million shares will be acquired at TWD 18 per share in cash.

The offer will be funded by Taiwan Cement Corp. from own available funds. Taiwan Cement Corp.

and its related parties hold 42.51% stake in Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corporation. Post transaction, 100% stake will be held by Taiwan Cement Corp. Taiwan Cement Corp.

plans to terminate the public listing of Taiwan Prosperity Chemical Corporation. Gong-Yi Gu and Zhong-Pei Li will respectively serve as the Directors of Taiwan Prosperity Chemical appointed by Taiwan Cement Corp. In addition, Zhi-Ren Sheng, the independent Director of Taiwan Cement Corp., will serve as the independent Director of Taiwan Prosperity Chemical.

If the final effective acquisition amount does not reach the estimated acquisition amount but has reached 6.6 million shares (i.e., approximately 5% of the total issued and outstanding common shares of Taiwan Prosperity Chemical) the acquisition amount condition for the tender offer shall be fulfilled. The deal is approved by Board of Taiwan Cement Corp. As of August 21, 2020, all conditions to the tender offer have been fulfilled and has exceeded the minimum quantity of 6.6 million shares to be acquired.

Scheduled period of the public tender offer is from July 20, 2020 to September 7, 2020. Ming-Yi Wu of Reanda M Y Wu & Co., CPAs acted as accountant and Raymond Wang of Jones Day acted as legal advisor for Taiwan Cement Corp.