1-4 September, 2006 Pragati Maidan, New Delhi, India
    Tata Chem buys remaining stake in uk co



Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) today informed that it has acquired the balance shares constituting 36.5 per cent of the paid up capital of Brunner Mond Group Ltd (BMGL), UK.

The shares were acquired for a consideration of Rs 29m. This follows the mandatory offer for outstanding shares the company made since buying 63.5 per cent equity in BMGL for Rs 50.8m through its wholly owned subsidiary, in December 2005.

`The total consideration paid amounts to Rs80m,` an official statement on TCL becoming 100 per cent owner of BMGL, said. The combined soda ash capacity of the two companies had been pegged at three million tonnes.

Date: 13-Mar-2006

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