TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Shares of Toyota Industries ( TYIDF )
were set to surge on Monday after Japanese automaker
Toyota ( TM ) said over the weekend it was exploring the
possibility of investing in a potential buyout of the key parts
supplier.
Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) shares remained untraded with a glut of
buy orders on Monday. The bid and ask indicated that their price
was poised to hit the daily upper limit of 16,225 yen, a 23%
jump on Friday's closing price of 13,225 yen.
Such a rise would mark the stock's biggest one-day jump in
at least more than 40 years, according to LSEG data going back
to early 1984.
On Saturday, Toyota ( TM ) said in a filing with the Tokyo stock
exchange it was exploring various possibilities, including a
partial investment, in Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ).
Bloomberg News reported on Friday that Toyota ( TM ) Chairman Akio
Toyoda and his founding family have proposed acquiring Toyota
Industries ( TYIDF ) in a potential 6 trillion yen ($42 billion) deal.
In a statement released Saturday, Toyota Industries ( TYIDF )
confirmed it had received proposals about going private through
a special purpose company but it denied receiving a buyout offer
from the Toyota ( TM ) chairman or the Toyota ( TM ) group.