Ambuja Cements bought about 133 million shares of Sanghi Industries worth ₹1,627 crore in a block deal on NSE on Tuesday. The shares were purchased at ₹121.9 apiece. The sellers included Sanghi Industries promoters Alok Sanghi, Aditya Sanghi, Sanghi Polymers and Samruddhi Investors Services, among others.
With the acquisition funded entirely through internal accruals, Ambuja Cements holds a controlling stake of 54.51% in Sanghi Industries. It increases ACL s consolidated capacity to 74.6 MTPA from 68.5 MTPA.
"Sanghi Industries will be a debt-free company after the takeover. Ambuja and ACC combined had a cash balance of roughly Rs 11,800 crore as of Q1. This year, we would be adding another Rs 3,000 crore of free cash after capex, tax and dividends. With the Sanghi Industries acquisition, we would be looking to end this financial year with close to Rs 11,000 crore of cash," said Karan Adani.