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Sunningdale latest to face activist investor Quarz

Securing improved terms for minorities would be better outcome than voting down the whole deal

Ben Paul
Published Mon, Jan 18, 2021 · 05:50 AM

QUARZ Capital Management is at it again. Barely six weeks after winning a bruising battle to prevent Sabana Reit from merging with ESR-Reit on value-destructive terms, the activist investor has turned its sights on Sunningdale Tech - a precision plastic components maker in the throes of a private equity buyout.

Under the deal, which was announced on Nov 9, Sunningdale's chairman and major shareholder Koh Boon Hwee has teamed up with a unit of Novo Tellus PE Fund 2 to offer minority shareholders S$1.55 per Sunningdale share.

In an open letter to Sunningdale's board, Qu…

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