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By Chan Ka Sing
HONG KONG, Jan 16 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The $110 bln insurer’s days of spinning off web-based ventures to help boost its value are long over. But a quirky special dividend is giving it back majority control of beaten-down but cash-rich Ping An Healthcare just as the online medical firm’s fortunes look set to improve.
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Ping An Insurance will raise the stake in its medical-tech unit Ping An Healthcare & Technology from 39.41% to 52.74% as a result of special dividend scheme, the insurer said on Jan. 8. The company also said it has no plan to take private the Hong Kong-listed subsidiary.
On Nov. 14, Ping An Healthcare proposed a special dividend of HK$9.7 apiece, whereas shareholders could elect to receive in the form of shares.
(Editing by Antony Currie and Ujjaini Dutta)
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