Yageo well above threshold of tender offer to acquire Japan firm

Taiwan's Yageo Corp., the world's third-largest maker of multilayer ceramic capacitors (MLCC), said on Friday that a tender offer it launched to acquire Japan-based Shibaura Electronics Co. has stood well above a threshold of 50.01 percent of the Japanese firm's shares, paving the way for a 100 percent purchase.

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