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recently, bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter, that u.s. private equity fund kkr has invested in a well-known semiconductor equipment manufacturer.ASMPTmake a non-binding privatization offer.

people familiar with the matter added that the deliberations were at an early stage and a deal might not result. asmpt may also attract interest from other buyout firms, one of the people said.

affected by this news, the market value of asmpt, which is listed in hong kong, china, surged by 11% on october 2, and the full-day increase narrowed to 2.95%. however, in the following two trading days, against the background of the overall surge in hong kong stocks, asmpt only rose by about 2% cumulatively, with the latest market value of approximately hk$41.451 billion (approximately rmb 37.46 billion).

information shows that asmpt is organized by the netherlandssemiconductorequipment manufacturer asm international (asmi) was founded in 1975 by founders arthur del prado and lin shipang from hong kong, china. it is headquartered in singapore and is mainly engaged in the production of machinery and materials for the semiconductor and electronics industries. it is the world's leading semiconductor and light-emitting diode company. an integration and packaging equipment supplier in the (led) industry, providing assembly equipment and materials (etched and stamped lead frames), etc. to multinational chip manufacturers, independent integrated circuit (ic) assembly plants, consumer electronics and led manufacturers. the company has approximately 10,800 employees and operates in more than 30 countries.

according to the financial report disclosure, in the first half of 2024, asmpt's sales revenue was hk$6.48 billion, a year-on-year decrease of 17.1%; the profit attributable to company holders was hk$315 million, a year-on-year decrease of 49.6%; the basic earnings per share was hk$0.76. as of the first half of 2024, the company's total outstanding orders were hk$6.40 billion, and the order-to-shipment ratio was 0.98. asmi currently still holds 24.85% of asmpt's shares.

it is worth mentioning that kkr spent 257 billion yen to acquirehitachithe electronic equipment division of kokusai electric, after the business became independent, became a well-known semiconductor equipment manufacturer kokusai electric. it mainly produces thin film deposition equipment. its customers includetsmc、intel、samsungand other global semiconductor manufacturers. on october 25, 2o23, kkr successfully promoted international electric to be listed on the tokyo stock exchange (tse). kkr's shareholding ratio is expected to drop from 73.2% to 47.7%.

editor: core intelligence - rurouni sword