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Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) shares set for biggest daily jump on
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Co denies receiving buyout offer from Toyota ( TM ) chairman or
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Co makes RAV4 SUVs for Toyota ( TM ), forklifts
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TOKYO, April 28 (Reuters) - Shares of Toyota Industries ( TYIDF )
were set for their biggest daily jump on record on
Monday after Japanese automaker Toyota ( TM ) said it was
considering a potential buyout of the key parts supplier, which
has a market value of 4 trillion yen ($28 billion).
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. Reuters has
calculated the market capitalisation based on the close.
Such a rise would mark the stock's biggest one-day jump in
at least four decades, 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 deal.
In a statement on 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.
The possible buyout comes as Japanese companies have faced
increasing pressure in recent years to unwind their
cross-shareholdings in affiliates and business partners, which
in many cases have been held over the long term.
Toyota ( TM ) owned about 24% of Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) as of September
last year, while Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) held just over 9% of the
world's biggest automaker and more than 5% of Denso ( DNZOF ),
another key Toyota ( TM ) supplier.
In an April 23 report, analysts at Bernstein said Toyota
Industries' ( TYIDF ) potential sale of its stake in Toyota ( TM ) was a strong
positive catalyst for its share price, adding privatisation of
the supplier was a possible scenario.
Under that scenario, Toyota ( TM ) would repurchase its stake in
Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) while simultaneously acquiring the company's
high-growth materials handling equipment business at little to
no cost, the report said. Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) makes forklifts
through that division.
Toyota ( TM ) industries, formerly Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, was
founded in 1926 by Sakichi Toyoda to manufacture automatic
looms. An automotive division within the company was created and
later spun off as Toyota Motor ( TM ).
In addition to forklifts, Toyota Industries ( TYIDF ) manufactures the
RAV4 sport utility vehicle for Toyota ( TM ). It also produces engines,
air-conditioning compressors for cars and electronic parts such
as batteries and converters.
($1 = 143.5900 yen)