ICI India to divest its Adhesives Business
ICI India Ltd has informed BSE that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on March 28, 2008, has approved the sale of Company’s Adhesives Business to an Indian affiliate of the Henkel Group of Germany.
The proposal is subject to shareholders’ and other approvals.
In this regard the Company has issued the following release:
“ICI India Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on March 28, 2008, has recommended for approval by the shareholders the sale of Company’s Adhesives Business as a going concern to an Indian affiliate of the Henkel Group, a well established global leader in the Adhesives business. The total consideration to be received for this sale will be about Rs 260 cr, subject to agreed adjustments for actual working capital and cash balances.
Following Akzo Nobel NV (’AKzo’) becoming the owner of 100% of the share capital of ICI UK (announced in August 2007 and completed in early 2008), Akzo has finalized sale of ICI’s global Adhesives and Electronic Materials (’Adhesives’) Business to Henkel AG. The Adhesives business of ICI India is closely integrated with the global Adhesives Business of the ICI Group. Given the interdependency, the Board believes it will be in the best interest of a the shareholders, concerned, employees and customers that the India Adhesives business is also divested to the Henkel Group.
ICT India had established its Adhesives Business in 1997. The business has a manufacturing site at Thane and the net sales revenue (including Excise Duty) from the business in the financial year ended March 31, 2007 was Rs 135 Cr. ICI India had also acquired a 67% stake in Polyinks Ltd, which has a manufacturing facility at Hyderabad and is in the process of setting up a new plant at Rudrapur, Uttarakhand state. For the year ended March 31, 2007, Polyinks Ltd had a net sales turnover (including excise duty) of Rs 14 cr.
The business proposed to be transferred to the Henkel group will include its portion of Thane manufacturing facility and about 120 employees currently working with the business and the Company’s shareholding in its subsidiary Polyinks Ltd. The transaction is likely to be completed in the second half of 2008, after obtaining the approval, of ICI India’s shareholders through Postal Ballot and other statutory approvals as may be required.”
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