Will the new owners continue as a listed company?
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF), the second largest shareholder of Piramal Glass Ceylon PLC (PGC), has not accepted an attractive mandatory offer of Rs. 11.86 per share made by the company’s new controlling shareholder, a unit of the mega Blackstone Group of the U.S, sources familiar with the transaction said last week.
The offeror, Pristine Glass Ltd. based in India which is a unit of Blackstone, has acquired 22.2% (approx.) of the company topping up the 56.45% (approx.) of Piramal it already held before the mandatory offer, to 78.65% (approx.), according to a Stock Exchange filing made by PGC last week.