Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Siam Cement take over Chandra Asri

The Siam Cement Public Company Limited, Thailand’s largest cement producer, has acquired 30% of shares in PT Chandra Asri Petrochemical Tbk, producer of ethylene and propylene.

Siam Cement take over through its unit, to expand chemical business in Indonesia. Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced today that SCG Chemical's proposal to buy 30% shares of Chandra Asri (B+/Stable/--) has no impact on the rating on the latter.
Siam Cement unit SCG Chemicals Company Limited signed the agreement on the IDR3.76 trillion transaction, on September 19, 2011 with PT Barito Pacific Tbk and Appleton Investments Limited as the sellers.
It agreed to buy 218.52 million of Barito's shares in Chandra Asri and 701.34 million of Appleton's shares, priced at IDR4,088 per share. Both equal to 30% of Chandra Asri's outstanding shares.
The company, in a statement filed to Thailand Stock Exchange today, said Barito Pacific will remain the controlling shareholder of Chandra Asri, the leading integrated petrochemical complex operator in Indonesia.
Chandra Asri booked US$1.86 billion in sales last year. It produces polyethylene, polypropylene, styrene monomer and various other olefins products. Its production facilities are located in Cilegon, a major coastal industrial city in Banten, West Java, Indonesia.

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