Adani to make open offer for ACC, Ambuja Cements on Aug. 26

In May this year, the Adani Group announced that it has clinched a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Holcim Limited's businesses in India for $10.5 billion

The Adani Group is likely to make an open offer worth ₹31,000 crore next week to acquire 26% stake each in Swiss firm Holcim's two Indian-listed entities Ambuja Cements and ACC, from public shareholders.

In May this year, the Adani Group announced that it has clinched a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Holcim Limited's businesses in India for $10.5 billion. Markets regulator Sebi granted approval for the open offer this week. The open offer is estimated at over ₹31,000 crore if fully subscribed.

In two separate regulatory filings, Ambuja Cements and ACC have submitted their letter of offers for the open offer launched by the Adani family group's Mauritius-based firm Endeavour Trade and Investment.

As per the revised schedule submitted by ICICI Securities and Deutsche Equities India - which are the managers of open offer - tendering of the shares in the open will start from August 26 as against the earlier date of July 6. This will end on September 9, 2022.

In May, the Adani Group had made an open offer at ₹385 per share for Ambuja Cements and ₹2,300 per share for ACC.

For Ambuja Cements, the group had made an open offer to its public shareholders to acquire up to 51.63 crore equity shares, representing 26% of the expanded share capital, aggregating to ₹19,879.57 crore.

For ACC Ltd., the group had offered to acquire up to 4.89 crore shares held by public shareholders, representing 26% of the expanded share capital, aggregating to ₹11,259.97 crore.