Japanese LCD panel maker sharp (Sharp) 6 in the days after the stock market closed issued a press release, and South Korea's Samsung Electronics (Samsung Electronics Co.) corporate Japan Samsung Electronics Japan (hereinafter referred to as SEJ) is the capital cooperation, sharp will share to 290 yen on SEJ issue about 35800000 new shares, to be raised about 10400000000 yen. Sharp said, the new shares issued to SEJ, SEJ will be sharp 3.08% stake, will become the fifth largest shareholder sharp; if the deduction of banks and other financial institutions not, Samsung will become the largest shareholder of sharp. In 2012 December on sharp investment about 4900000000 yen (Qualcomm Inc.) will be high for the seventh largest shareholder (formerly sixth).

Sharp said, the company had originally been supply liquid crystal panel (TV 32 inches panel) to Samsung Electronics, and with both capital cooperation, cooperation will be further strengthened in the panel industry, after the sharp will be long-term, stable and rapid provided by the panel and the action device of large size with small and medium-sized panels to Samsung TV electronic.

Reaffirms the sharp, and Samsung Electronics capital cooperation case is not intended to replace be decided in March 27, 2012 but it has not the final result of the "Hon Hai shares".

Nikkei news reports said, after the sharp and Samsung capital cooperation, Hong Xia Lian (Hon Hai shares the sharp increase in the possibility of shelved). The Nikkei and pointed out that the sharp, choose apple (Apple) the biggest rival Samsung as capital partners is a "dangerous bet", because if the apple product information may therefore outflow that Samsung is sharp, don't expect to further expand the deal with apple.

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