TOM Online is a mobile Internet company in China, operating the popular Chinese-language Internet portal (www.tom.com) and offering a variety of online and mobile services, including wireless internet and online advertising. The TOM Group is the majority shareholder. It is a subsidiary of the TOM Group, controlled by Li Ka Shing.
The company, then named TOM.com, was first listed on the HKGEM on March 11, 2004, and on the NASDAQ on March 10, 2004....
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TOM Online is a mobile Internet company in China, operating the popular Chinese-language Internet portal (www.tom.com) and offering a variety of online and mobile services, including wireless internet and online advertising. The TOM Group is the majority shareholder. It is a subsidiary of the TOM Group, controlled by Li Ka Shing.
The company, then named TOM.com, was first listed on the HKGEM on March 11, 2004, and on the NASDAQ on March 10, 2004. It set a record in Hong Kong when it listed: shares closed at 3.35 times its offer price on the first day of trade.
Tom Group, which owned 66 percent of the company, announced in March 2007 that it would pay HK$1.57 billion to buy out minority shareholders in the company, valuing each share at HK$1.52. A vote on the deal was scheduled for June 8, but was postponed to August 10. Morgan Stanley said in a report in March that the fair value for Tom Online would be HK$1.90 per share. The delay in the vote was seen by an analyst that the company...
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