Sesame - China Navigation Company Takeover

File of correspondence relating to the offer made to China Navigation Company stockholders in the name of the Ocean Steam Ship company to aquire their holdings with the aim of having equal holdings with John Swire & Sons. The letters are between directors of Swire, Holt's and other individuals s...

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Archive & Special Collections JSS/3/5/8 Open

Order number: JSS Box 2646
Date(s) of creation: 1966-1967
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id JSS.3.5.8
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with JSS Box 2646
callnumber JSS/3/5/8
callnumber_txt JSS/3/5/8
callnumber-sort JSS/3/5/8
scb_alt_ref_no JSSIII 5/8
prefix_number 8
scb_previous_numbers COMP 79
title Sesame - China Navigation Company Takeover
scb_date_creation 1966-1967
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 1
format Archive
description File of correspondence relating to the offer made to China Navigation Company stockholders in the name of the Ocean Steam Ship company to aquire their holdings with the aim of having equal holdings with John Swire & Sons. The letters are between directors of Swire, Holt's and other individuals such as financial advisors and document the motivation behind the take over bid as well as the way in which it was carried out and staff reactions to this. The papers include copies of press releases and copies of communications to stockholders.
scb_access_status Open
scb_copyright Copyright is owned by John Swire & Sons, Ltd, 59 Buckingham Gate, London
scb_use_restrictions Copying for personal research purposes is permitted. Please contact the archivist for all publication requests
language English
language_search English
scb_scripts_material Latin
hierarchy_top_id_raw JSS
hierarchy_sequence JSS.003.005.008

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