Friday, September 24, 2010

YTL Cement buying remaining 35.16% stake in Perak-Hanjoong for RM200m cash

KUALA LUMPUR: YTL CEMENT BHD [] is acquiring the remaining 35.16% or 117.74 million shares of RM1 each in Perak-Hanjoong Simen Sdn Bhd from GOPENG BHD [] for RM200 million cash.

The company said on Friday, Sept 24 Gopeng accepted its offer to acquire the stake in Perak-Hanjoong and that a formal sale and purchase agreement would be signed in due course.

YTL Cement owns 217.16 million shares or 64.85% of Perak-Hanjoong, the second largest integrated cement producer in the country.

'The acquisition will enable YTL Cement to have full ownership of Perak-Hanjoong and fully integrate the operations of Perak-Hanjoong.

'This will further allow YTL Cement to have full control on the business direction of Perak-Hanjoong,' it said.

Perak-Hanjoong, which is in Padang Rengas, Perak, has a plant capacity of three million tonnes per annum for clinker and 3.4 million tonnes per annum for cement, both of which are manufactured for local and export markets.

Perak-Hanjoong also has a cement depot and packing plant near Batu Caves in Selangor, with an annual capacity of 600,000 tonnes.


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