Mitsui Chemicals and DBJ to buy JSR for $11.6 billion, filing shows
By Anton Bridge
TOKYO, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Mitsui Chemicals 4183.T and the Development Bank of Japan (DBJ) will acquire chipmaking materials maker JSR from state-backed fund Japan Investment Corp (JIC) for 1.84 trillion yen ($11.61 billion), a filing showed on Monday.
Mitsui Chemicals will sell shares worth up to 150 billion yen to help finance the transaction, the filing said.
($1=158.4500 yen)