Shock! SIEMENS pre sold 17% stake in OSRAM to Asia plant

[LED] - following the major shareholder of the German company SIEMENS (Siemens) does not agree with OSRAM and LED lighting manufacturers (OSRAM) new business strategy, the German media day before Handelsblatt came the latest news, SIEMENS intends to have a clearing in the hands of OSRAM holdings, and may be sold to Asian investors. The news comes out, whether the market in South Korea, mainland China and Taiwan manufacturers, have been named may have a stake in OSRAM, and even influential in the new board of directors, the follow-up development is worthy of attention. However, some market participants believe that, as the largest shareholder of SIEMENS Corporation OSRAM this extension of former dissatisfaction with OSRAM management decision, the sale of shares may be just propaganda, is after the board of directors for election, may change the original OSRAM business policy.

Reuters reported German Handelsblatt reported that OSRAM's largest corporate shareholder SIEMENS, plans to sell 17% stake held by the hands. LEDinside said that OSRAM's current shareholder structure, the company has a 17% stake in SIEMENS, but SIEMENS also has a Siemens Pension Trust EV company, owns 2.5% stake in SIEMENS system about 2 master pan into a stake in OSRAM, OSRAM should have considerable influence on decision making. OSRAM corporate shareholders and other important Norges Bank Investment Management, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Investment GmbH Credit, Suisse AG and so on, in other words, including Deutsche Bank, Credit Suisse, well-known private equity fund Blackrock and other important financial companies, the views of shareholders, is also very important for OSRAM.

The German media pointed out that SIEMENS intends to stake in the hands of OSRAM, resale to investors in Asia, but did not clearly indicate the identity of the manufacturer. On the market, including the Han Chinese factory manufacturers, Taiwan factory has been named a chance to buy the company has OSRAM shares from the hands of SIEMENS, the price and time point of transaction is concerned by the market, it is difficult to know whether or not determine or related actions. But it is understood that if you really want to sell shares, expected Asian manufacturers have a price war to compete, who can buy SIEMENS OSRAM holding hands, on the future of OSRAM LED technology trends, production line, lighting brand and channel service influence relative to these manufacturers will be more positive the.

On the other hand, SIEMENS may also only through the propaganda of the way holding out, OSRAM hopes to change business strategy, or change the structure of the board seats, the re-election of directors reorganization in the new will come to discuss the management of OSRAM, one of the possibilities is also on the market. After all, the German media reported at present only quote their industry sources, SIEMENS has not been officially confirmed that the external LED network is expected to the recent SIEMENS may have issued a press release, whether clarification or confirmation, can make the event more clear.

SIEMENS issued a press release from OSRAM in the 12 months of the decision that is wrong, dissatisfied with the shares at the loss of follow-up in the overweight means that OSRAM LED technology research and development and the new production line in Malaysia investment action, and the subsequent unwinding of the lighting business, may have changed, and now came to be held to sell off the news OSRAM's future will be how to go? And let us wait and see, in the near future should have the opportunity to clear the.

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