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Vedanta chief Anil Agarwal makes firm offer to buy rest of company

Vedanta Resources Plc said on Tuesday Chairman Anil Agarwal's family trust, Volcan Investments, made a firm offer to buy Vedanta stake it did not already own in a deal that values the mining conglomerate at $3.07 billion.

Profile imageBy Reuters July 31, 2018, 1:52:28 PM IST (Updated)
Vedanta chief Anil Agarwal makes firm offer to buy rest of company
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, which currently holds about 67 percent 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.

Shares of the company have risen 20.5 percent since Volcan made a possible offer at the same price on July 2.

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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