FILE PHOTO: Workers load Ambuja cement bags into a load carrier to be carried to a construction site in Ahmedabad, India, July 29, 2022.
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New Delhi: Adani Group-owned Ambuja Cements has completed the acquisition of 37.8 per cent promoters' stake of CK Birla group firm Orient Cement Ltd (OCL) and has become a promoter.
With this, the total shareholding of Ambuja Cements in OCL has gone up to 46.66 per cent, as it has also acquired 1.82 crore share representing 8.87 per cent from public shareholders of OCL.
"Ambuja has completed the acquisition of 7,76,49,413 equity shares (representing 37.79 per cent of equity share capital) of the company from the promoter group," said a regulatory filing from OCL.
Pursuant to the acquisitions from the promoter group and public shareholders, Ambuja has acquired sole control of OCL and has become the promoter of the company, it added.
Last October, Ambuja Cements had announced to acquire OCL at a valuation of Rs 8,100 crore as part of its expansion drive.