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Business News/ Companies / News/  Anil Agarwal offers $1 billion to take Vedanta Resources private
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Anil Agarwal offers $1 billion to take Vedanta Resources private

Anil Agarwal's family trust Volcan Investments, which currently holds about 67% of Vedanta, offers $10.89 or 825 pence per share to buy the rest of Vedanta Resources

Vedanta Resources shares have advanced 20.5% since Volcan made a possible offer at the same price on 2 July. File Photo: MintPremium
Vedanta Resources shares have advanced 20.5% since Volcan made a possible offer at the same price on 2 July. File Photo: Mint

Bengaluru: Vedanta Resources Plc Chairman Anil Agarwal’s family trust on Tuesday offered about $1 billion in cash to take the London-listed miner private. Volcan Investments, which currently holds about 67% of Vedanta, offered $10.89 or 825 pence per share to buy the rest of the stake. The deal valuing Vedanta at $3.07 billion represents a premium of about 6 percent to the stock’s Monday close.

An independent committee that evaluated the proposal unanimously recommended Volcan’s offer to Vedanta shareholders, the mining conglomerate said.

Vedanta Resources shares have advanced 20.5% since Volcan made a possible offer at the same price on 2 July.

Vedanta shareholders will also be entitled to receive a $0.41 dividend per Vedanta share, the company added. The offer price and dividend represent a total value of $11.30 per share.

The offer comes as the company faces scrutiny after police killed 13 people protesting Vedanta’s copper smelter in India in May.

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Published: 31 Jul 2018, 12:17 PM IST
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