Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar - Updates on Open Offer
Friday, February 29th, 2008Anand Rathi Financial Services Ltd (Formerly known as Anand Rathi Securities Ltd) (”Manager to the Offer”) for and on behalf of Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd (”Acquirer”) has issued this Corrigendum to the Public Announcement to the shareholders of Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar & Industries Ltd (Formerly known as “The Pratappur Sugar & Industries Ltd”) (”Target Company”), which is in continuation of, and should be read in conjunction with the Public Announcement (”PA”) dated December 20, 2007, pursuant to Regulation 11(1) read with 14(2) of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Substantial Acquisition of Shares & Takeovers), 1997 and subsequent amendments thereto (”SEBI (SAST) Regulations”).
The Shareholders of the Target Company are requested to kindly note the following amendments with respect to the PA:-
Terms used but not defined in this Corrigendum shall have the same meaning as assigned in the PA.
1. The Original & Revised schedule of activities are as under:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Activity Original Schedule Revised Schedule ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Specified Date December 28, 2007 December 28, 2007 Date of Opening of the Offer February 07, 2008 March 07, 2008 Date of Closing of the Offer February 29, 2008 March 26, 2008 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2. The Offer Price
Since the equity shares of the Target Company are frequently traded on BSE & since this PA is pursuant to a firm allotment in two separate preferential issues, the average price for 26 week / 2 Week period have been determined with reference to the dates of Board Resolutions which authorised the preferential allotment & accordingly has been revised from earlier Rs 50 (Rupees Fifty Only) to Rs 52.89 (Rupees Fifty-two & paise Eighty-nine Only) per fully paid-up equity share, arrived at as per the Regulation 20(4) of SEBI(SAST) Regulations.
All other terms & conditions of the PA remain unchanged