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BANGKOK — Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development Pcl is planning a $5.4 billion buyout of Intouch Holdings which controls the country’s biggest mobile operator Advanced Info Service Pcl (AIS) .
Bangkok-based Gulf Energy, which owns 18.9% of Intouch, said in a filing it had offered to buy the rest of the shares for 65 baht per share, 11% higher than its previous close.
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If Gulf is able to secure at least 50% of Intouch, it will also offer to buy out AIS, it said in a statement. Intouch owns 40.45% of AIS.