Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Tata to mull financing for Corus on April 17

Tata Steel on Tuesday said its Board will meet on April 17 to discuss plans for funding the 12 billion dollar acquisition of Anglo-Dutch firm Corus Group Plc.The Board would consider proposals to finance investment in the Special Purpose Vehicle floated for acquiring Corus, the company said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Tata Steel had outbid Brazil's CSN to acquire Corus at a price of 608 pence a share after a nine-round auction in January, making it the world's fifth-largest steel firm. The Indian company has already spent close to 2.5 billion dollars for acquiring about 21 per cent stake in Corus through open market transactions.

Read more in The Times of India article.

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