*Bain Capital* has acquired an additional 10% stake in Himadri Chemicals for $35 Mn through an open offer taking its stake in the company to 25.4%. The shares were acquired at Rs 400 a piece.
*Himadri Chemicals & Industries Ltd.* is the biggest manufacturer of coal tar pitch in India. It is one of the world's 3 players to have developed Zero QI grade coal tar pitch, which is used in graphite industry. With a production of 169,000 tonnes of coal tar pitch a year, it holds 70% of the market share. The remaining is controlled by unorganized players. The company plans to increase its production to 1 million tonnes by 2010; as such it plans to foray into the chinese coal tar pitch through a mix of organic and unorganic growth. Transaction Note Earlier in Jan'10, Bain had acquired 15.4% stake in Himadri for $54.4 Mn, post which it had to make an open offer as per the SEBI regulations. Himadri had then issued 6.31 Mn equity shares of Rs. 10 each to Bain Capital India at a price of Rs. 400 per share on preferential basis. It is planning to spend about $400 to acquire 3 overseas firms. The companyintends to fund the acquisitions using the borrowed funds secured by the assets of the target companies. It is also plnning to spend upto $400 Mn in the next four years to scale up production in India and build a coal tar distillation plant in China's Shandong province. The investment from Bain will be used for the first phase of expansion. Boston based *- Bain Capital* has about $65 Mn in AUM. This is Bain's first investment in India. Bain India is headed by Amit Chandra, who was earlier worked with NEw Silk Route and DSP Merrill Lynch. -- Regards Hardik Shah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""GLOBAL SPECULATORS"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/globalspeculators?hl=en.
