SEOUL: US hedge fund Elliott Associates said on Thursday it had asked Samsung C&T to buy back part of its stake in the South Korean construction firm, after failing to block its merger with another Samsung affiliate.

All Samsung C&T shareholders who opposed the company’s takeover by the Samsung Group’s de facto holding company, Cheil Industries, were given the right to sell back any shares held before the merger was first announced in May.

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