澳大利亚造船商奥斯特尔周三表示，已延长韩华集团的尽职调查期，使韩国财团有更多时间制定对其美国业务的正式收购要约，从而推动其股价大幅上涨。
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:
奥斯特尔表示，已就潜在交易的条款与韩华集团展开商业谈判，同时公司仍在评估其税务影响。
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.
奥斯特尔股价在格林威治时间0315一度飙升至4.18澳元，涨幅达11.5%，创下自8月11日以来的最大单日涨幅。
Austal shares jumped as much as 11.5% to A$4.18 by 0315 GMT, posting their strongest intraday gain since August 11.
“就尽职调查而言，尽管数据室中的实质性问题已完成，且交易的原始参数未变，但仍有低重要性数据请求待处理，”奥斯特尔在声明中称。
"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.
公司表示，仍在与总部位于美国的Wildcat Infrastructure就其收购奥斯特尔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月曾提出最高13.5亿美元收购奥斯特尔美国业务的要约，高于韩华集团此前最高12.0亿美元的出价。
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.