Flashlight Capital urges Secom to raise stakes in S-1 and Taiwan Secom
Activist investor Flashlight Capital Partners has urged Japan’s Secom Co. to roughly double its interests in South Korea’s S-1 Corp. and Taiwan Secom Co. The proposal follows Flashlight’s earlier attempt to acquire a stake in S-1, which was rejected, and involves a new party, according to Bloomberg.
Activist investor Flashlight Capital Partners urged Japan’s Secom Co. to roughly double its interest in South Korea’s S-1 Corp. and Taiwan Secom Co., Bloomberg reported.
The move brings in a new party after Flashlight Capital’s earlier bid to acquire a stake in S-1 was rejected, according to the report.
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