06.01.2011 12:12
UPDATE 1-China South Locomotive denies merger talks
HONG KONG, Jan 6 (Reuters) - China South Locomotive and Rolling
Stock Corp has denied holding merger talks with the other main
state-owned railway equipment maker, denting its Hong Kong
shares.
The Financial Times had reported on Wednesday that Beijing was
considering merging CSR with China North Locomotive and Rolling
Stock Corp Ltd (CNR) to lead a high-speed rail export drive.
'CSR did not discuss and study integration with CNR,' the company
said in a statement on Thursday. 'CSR regrets the spread of this
information and hereby makes this clarification.'
The Shanghai-listed shares of China South Locomotive ended down
around 1 percent after surging about 10 percent in the past two
days. But China North Locomotive, which climbed a combined 14
percent on Tuesday and Wednesday, erased early losses to finish the
day up 0.5 percent.
The possible merger of the two rail equipment manufacturers had
became a hot topic as Beijing reorganises its state-owned
companies. The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration
Commission supports a merger, but the National Development and
Reform Commission does not, mainland media have reported.
CSR started exporting subway trains to Singapore on Thursday,
marking the company's first subway train shipment to developed
countries, it said in a separate statement.
CSR Sifang Locomotive&Rolling Stock Co Ltd and Japan's Kawasaki
Heavy Industry Group together won the contract from Singapore's
Land Transport Authority in 2009 to provide 22 trains, or 132
carriages, to the country.
(Reporting by Alison Leung; Editing by Will Waterman)
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