Goldman Sachs has notified Goshawk of its interest in purchasing 24,658,836 shares, which represents 14.016% of the issued share capital of the company.
The interest comes less than a month after Nikko pulled out of acquisition talks with the company.
Goldman Sachs said of the 24,658,836 shares, subsidiary of Goldman Sachs Inc (GS Inc), Goldman Sachs & Co, would act as custodian of 2,765,000 shares. These would be registered in the name of Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees), it said.
The interest in the remaining 21,893,836 shares, the company said, arose from a beneficial interest held by a second subsidiary of GS Inc, Goldman Sachs International. These shares will be registered at CREST in account CREPTEMP.
