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A Japanese investment group announced that it was seeking to acquire shares in JYP, but JYP denied this.
"Forcibly blocked because the email does not meet the reliability standards" The line is drawn again
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Taesoo Lee = JYP Entertainment announced again on the 29th that it has not received any proposals regarding the acquisition of shares by a Japanese investment company.
JYP announced in a press release this afternoon, "We have not officially received or reviewed any valid proposal related to the recently reported acquisition proposal."
Previously, Japanese investment groups The NEXROC Group and SVCV, Inc. issued a press release on the 26th and said, "We are pursuing the acquisition of JYP's shares. Both companies plan to launch a tender offer as early as November," adding, "The acquisition target is 25 to 50% of JYP's issued stocks."
However, JYP drew a line at the time, saying, "We have not received any proposals regarding the acquisition of our company's shares."
JYP explained, "The email reported today that the company in question said was sent to us did not meet the sender reliability standards according to our security policy and was classified as 'blatant spam', a standard that does not allow us to verify reception records. As a result, it was confirmed through our mail service provider that it did not reach us and was forcibly blocked."

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