Tata Chem's UK arm acquires British Salt for Rs 650 crore

21 Dec 2010 Evaluate

Tata Chemicals' wholly-owned UK arm, Brunner Mond, has acquired UK's leading pure dried vacuum salt manufacturer British Salt for Rs 650 crore. The deal would be funded entirely through debt by Brunner Mond and is expected to be completed in 30-35 days pending approval from Irish Merger Control authority. The company has an option to pay £3 million in three years after achieving certain financial parameters. British Salt also owns brine wells in the UK with a residual life of 50 years.

The acquisition will help Brunner Mond strengthen its presence in the processed food market and also secure salt supply, an important raw material for producing soda ash.  The vacuum salt business commands an EBITDA of £15 million. The synergies between Brunner Mond and British Salt are likely to result in an EBITDA improvement of £2 million a year. The deal will help maintain Brunner Mond's low-cost base and will bring down costs to £0.72 per cubic metre of salt.

British Salt produces 720,000 tonnes of raw salt of which 390,000 tonnes are converted into pure dried vacuum salt. It enjoys a market share of 50 per cent in the food and farm sectors in the UK.crackcrack

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