Sophia Holdings Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire 8.73% stake in Salus Co., Ltd. from Hideo Kinoshita for ¥0.22 million.
August 08, 2012 at 05:00 am
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Sophia Holdings Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ:6942) agreed to acquire 8.73% stake in Salus Co., Ltd. from Hideo Kinoshita for ¥0.22 million on August 8, 2012. Sophia will acquire 215 shares of Salus. For the year ending February 2012, Salus reported net liabilities of ¥266.85 million, total assets of ¥190.66 million, sales of ¥1.4 billion, operation loss of ¥38 million and net loss of ¥57.33 million.
The Board of Directors of Sophia resolved the deal on August 8, 2012 and share acquisition date is expected to be August 9, 2012.
Sophia Holdings Co Ltd is a holding company mainly engaged in the Internet-related business, communication business and dispensing pharmacies and the peripheral businesses, the provision of solution services such as system development, maintenance, and operation, as well as the operation of the dispensing pharmacy business. The Company operates in three business segments. The Internet-related segment is involved in the development of Internet systems, the operation and maintenance of data centers and the provision of application service provider (ASP) service for real estate agents. The Telecommunications segment conducts the planning, development, and operation of information communication services and Internet Services Provider (ISP), mainly including Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) and Fixed Virtual Network Operator (FVNO). The Dispensing Pharmacy segment operates dispensing pharmacies. The other businesses includes management consulting business and overseas business.