UltraTech Cement, an Aditya Birla Group company and subsidiary of Grasim Industries, has announced the acquisition of the cement business unit of BK Birla-owned Century Textiles and Industries consisting of three integrated cement plants in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra and one grinding unit in West Bengal, as reported by Business Standard and Economic Times. Implemented through an all stock transaction, the deal will see UltraTech absorb Century’s debt of Rs 3,000 crores along with the issuance of one share of UltraTech for every eight shares held by the Century Textile shareholders. The enterprise value of the target Rs 8,621 crore, according to the Times of India.
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Trilegal advised
Vaish Associates represented
Update 1 July 2020: Bharucha & Partners advised
Other advisors included R.K.S Khemani along with Ramaiah K. Karumudi of SKP Business Consulting
The cement division of Century Textiles and Industries is engaged in the production, marketing and sale of cement under the brand name Birla Gold. Post the acquisition, Century will continue to retain its businesses related to the real estate sector, textiles and paper while UltraTech will have a total capacity of 109.9 million tonnes, increasing its presence in the highly fragmented, competitive and fast growing eastern and central markets and extending its footprint in the western and southern markets in India, also making it the third-largest cement player globally, after China.
2018-05-20
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Kian: 3 years now, time to do a post split assessment.
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