Convenience store chain operator FamilyMart Co. has announced that smaller rival am/pm Japan Co. has become its wholly owned subsidiary.
The effective cost for the acquisition was about ¥12 billion, with FamilyMart buying all 170 shares in am/pm Japan for ¥1 and outstanding loan assets from Rex Holdings Co., am/pm Japan’s parent firm, at book value.
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