10月14日：澳大利亚造船商奥斯塔（Austal）周三表示，已延长韩华集团（Hanwha Group）的尽职调查期，使这家韩国企业集团有更多时间为其美国业务制定正式报价，此举推动奥斯塔股价大幅上涨。以下是一些细节：
Oct 14 : Australian shipbuilder Austal said on Wednesday it had extended the due diligence period for Hanwha Group, allowing the South Korean conglomerate more time to formulate a formal offer for its US business, sending its shares sharply higher. Here are some details:
- 奥斯塔表示，已开始与韩华就潜在交易的条款进行商业谈判，同时公司也在继续评估其税务影响。
• Austal said commercial negotiations with Hanwha had started on the terms of a potential transaction, while the company also continues to assess its tax implications.
- 截至格林尼治标准时间03:15，奥斯塔股价一度跳涨11.5%，至4.18澳元，创下自8月11日以来的最大盘中涨幅。
• Austal shares jumped as much as 11.5 per cent to A$4.18 by 0315 GMT, posting their strongest intraday gain since August 11.
- 奥斯塔在一份声明中表示：“关于尽职调查，虽然数据室中的实质性问题已经解决，且交易的原始参数没有改变，但仍有一些重要性较低的数据请求尚未完成。”
• "Regarding due diligence, while the substantive issues in the data room have been closed out, and the original parameters of the transaction have not changed, a tail of lower materiality data requests remains outstanding," Austal said in a statement.
- 该公司表示，目前也仍在与总部位于美国的Wildcat Infrastructure就其收购奥斯塔美国业务的提议进行讨论。
• The company said it also remains in discussions with US-based Wildcat Infrastructure regarding its proposal to acquire Austal's US operations.
- Wildcat Infrastructure在9月份为奥斯塔的美国业务开出了最高13.5亿美元的报价，超过了韩华此前最高12亿美元的报价。
• Wildcat Infrastructure in September offered up to $1.35 billion for Austal's US business, topping an earlier bid of up to $1.20 billion from Hanwha.