Tuesday, May 29, 2012

North America - Egypt's Oci Says To Get $605 Million From Gavilon Sale - News

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) explained on Tuesday it would make $605 million from the purchase regarding their 16.8 per cent risk in U.S. grains business Gavilon to be able to Japanese stock trading residence Marubeni.

The offer can be part of a new $3.6 billion takeover simply by Marubeni of Gavilon, in whose various other keepers include billionaire investor George Soros along with hedge fund director Dwight Anderson.

"The purchase is usually required to nearby September plus OCI will certainly use the income profits for you to funding their fertilizer class growth approach inside North America and probably invest in other programs under review," OCI said.

"In addition, part of the particular income might be made a comeback to help stakeholders," it stated inside an emailed statement.

OCI stated it bought its share throughout Gavilon inside July 2008 regarding $340 million.

Gavilon might continue to keep marketplace OCI fertilizer solutions in North America following on from the sale made is actually continued, OCI said.

OCI's reveal price had been stable from 1210 GMT, though the particular benchmark index had gone down 1.2 percent.

(Reporting by Patrick Werr; Editing by way of Jon Loades-Carter)

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