Article: TPI Polene auction draws only one bid: Offered price B11.50 below market level.

Sep. 23--Only one bid was accepted yesterday in the auction of a 249-million-share block of TPI Polene, made by a Thai construction company offering just 17 baht per share.

The low bid, at 11.50 baht below current market prices, adds a new complication to the $2.7-billion debt-restructuring saga of Thai Petrochemical Industry.

TPI plan administrators are selling the company's 30.8 percent stake in its cement subsidiary to raise $250 million to repay creditors. Yesterday was the second attempt, after an electronic auction last month failed to attract bidders.

Siri Jirapongphan, a member of the TPI planning team, said only two sealed bids were ...

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