FORM 6-K

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Acquisition of Water Treatment Plant Operation Assets

in China by Galaxy NewSpring Pte. Ltd.

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of November 15, 2010

Commission File Number 09929

 

 

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

2-1, Ohtemachi 1-chome Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 Japan

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 15, 2010

 

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November 15, 2010

For Immediate Release

To Whom It May Concern

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Acquisition of Water Treatment Plant Operation Assets in China by

Galaxy NewSpring Pte. Ltd.

Galaxy NewSpring Pte. Ltd. (“Galaxy”, head office: Singapore), a joint venture company that is equally held by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”, head office: Tokyo, CEO: Masami Iijima), and Hyflux Ltd. (“Hyflux”, head office: Singapore, CEO: Olivia Lum), has closed the Exit Offer of Hyflux Water Trust (“HWT”) on November 12, 2010 (“Final Closing Date”).

On August 2, 2010, Galaxy publicly announced an Exit Offer of HWT, a public business trust listed on the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited, which wholly owns 18 water treatment plant operations assets (“18 Operation Assets”) in China. As of the Final Closing Date, Galaxy has received valid acceptance of approximately 62.04% of total Offer Units, resulting in an ownership of approximately 93.88%(*1) of issued Units of HWT, including approximately 31.79% of issued Units acquired by Hyflux and its wholly owned subsidiary companies. Galaxy plans to acquire the remaining 6.12% of the issued Units by the end of December 2010, and wind-up HWT upon completing the acquisition of the 18 Operation Assets.

Galaxy will operate the 18 Operation Assets along with the 4 water treatment plant operation assets in China (“4 Operation Assets”), which Galaxy has acquired from Hyflux on September 30, 2010 (collectively “22 Operation Assets”). The total purchase price for the 22 Operation Assets is approximately 20 billion JPY, and the total designed capacity is 745,000m3/day (825,000m3/day, after expansion).

Mitsui, together with Galaxy, will continue to capture the fast growing water infrastructure demand in China, and expand its water business with new customers, such as local governments and industrial parks.

As a proactive integrated water solution provider, Mitsui will continue to help solve the various water related problems the world is facing today.

 

(*1)	Including 147,000 units of acquired on the open market (0.05% of total units)

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Result of Exit Offer and Acceptance Shares

 

Exit Offer Price		S$0.78 per unit
Total Offer Units(*2)		205,500,000 units (68.21% of total units)
Acceptance Units(*3)		186,920,629 units (62.04% of total units)

 

(*2)	The Offer Units will not include the Units owned by Hyflux through its two wholly owned subsidiaries.

(*3)	Remaining issued Units (6.12%) will be compulsorily acquired by Galaxy at the exit offer price.

Attachment

Galaxy Water Treatment Plant Operation Asset Overview (After Asset Acquisition)

 

For further information, please contact:
Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Investor Relations Division		Corporate Communications Division
Telephone: +81-3-3285-7910		Telephone: +81-3-3285-7596

Notice: This press release includes forward-looking statements about Mitsui. These forward-looking statements are based on the current assumptions and beliefs of Mitsui in light of the information currently available to it, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors may cause Mitsui’s actual results, performance, achievements or financial position to be materially different from any future results, performance, achievements or financial position expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The risks, uncertainties and other factors referred to above include, but are not limited to, those contained in Mitsui’s latest annual report on Form 20-F, which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

This press release is published in order to publicly announce specific facts stated above, and does not constitute a solicitation of investments or any similar act inside or outside of Japan, regarding the shares, bonds or other securities issued by us.

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