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Welspun Corp buys 35% stake in Aus Leighton holdings

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Press Trust of India Melbourne

India-based Welspun Corp has bought 35 per cent of Australian Leighton Holdings for around $104 million in a bid to build strategic partnership.

Leighton Holdings' chief executive officer elect David Stewart said the sale to the Indian conglomerate gave his company an opportunity to build a strategic partnership within the growing South Asian economy.

"Having a local partner clearly provides greater access to the market, particularly when Welspun has such a complementary portfolio of businesses," Stewart said in a statement on Wednesday.

Operating since 1985, Welspun Group Ltd (which also has units in Gujarat and Karnataka) has interests in infrastructure, the oil and gas sectors, steel, steel pipes, and home textiles.

 

The Company has a global presence operating in more than 50 countries with annual revenues in 2009/10 estimated at around $1.6 billion, he said.

The transaction would generate $80 million in cash and a one-off gain to Leighton Holdings of around $200 million, Australian national news agency, AAP, quoted Stewart as saying in the statement.

"Today's announcement represents an exciting new phase in the development of our already successful Indian business and we look forward to working with Welspun," he said.

"We see them as a very complementary strategic partner to Leighton International and are optimistic about pursuing many new opportunities together", he added.

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First Published: Dec 29 2010 | 1:24 PM IST

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