Foxconn Technology Group (富士康科技集團) is in talks to buy a stake in Malaysian technology firm Dagang NeXchange Bhd (DNeX) after losing to it in bidding for a semiconductor company, people familiar with the matter said.
The main assembler of Apple Inc’s iPhones could take a minority stake in DNeX and help to expand the business of its chipmaker, SilTerra Malaysia Sdn, one of the people said, asking not to be identified as the matter is private.
DNeX in February landed the winning offer in the sale of SilTerra, outbidding Foxconn.
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Talks are ongoing and could fall apart, and there is no certainty that a deal would materialize, the people said.
A representative for DNeX said that the company is always open to discussion with strategic partners and investors, but that it cannot comment on any specific discussion.
A Foxconn representative declined to comment.
Shares in DNeX rose as much as 13.6 percent in Kuala Lumpur following the Bloomberg News report, their highest intraday level in more than a month, giving the company a market value of about US$474 million.
A stake sale would come as the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer, whose primary listed arm is Hon Hai Precision Industry Co (鴻海精密), has been growing its footprint in electric vehicles (EV), issuing a steady stream of announcements beginning with the unveiling of its first-ever EV chassis and a software platform in October last year.
Since then, the company has struck agreements with Chinese firms Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co (浙江吉利控股) and Byton Ltd (拜騰), the US’ Fisker Inc and European giant Stellantis NV.
DNeX and a Chinese investor won their bid to purchase SilTerra from Malaysian sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd for 273 million ringgit (US$66 million).
Hon Hai chairman Young Liu (劉揚偉) later told reporters that the company still wanted to secure a partnership with SilTerra.
DNeX has received shareholder approval for a private placement of as much as 30 percent of its shares and will use the proceeds to pay for the SilTerra deal as well as other investments, it said in a statement on Thursday last week.
The Malaysian tech company will acquire 60 percent of SilTerra, while its partner in the deal, Beijing Integrated Circuit Advanced Manufacturing (北京集成電路先進製造) and the High-End Equipment Equity Investment Fund Center (高端設備股權投資基金中心) would buy the remaining 40 percent, it said.
Established in 1970, DNeX’s businesses include information technology and undersea cables for telecommunications, as well as an oil and gas unit, its Web site says.
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