NOL yesterday produced the circular to its shareholders containing advice HSBC has given to the independent directors of the company. The circular is in response to the mandatory conditional cash offer by Temasek for the 70% of NOL it does not own, announced on August 3.
In its letter to the directors, HSBC lays down three courses of action for NOL's shareholders. Firstly it says, we recommend that independent director should advise shareholders... who are confident of the long term future prospects of the group and who believe that they would be able to realize a greater value from their shares in the future to retain their shares and not...
