Board of Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols approves acquisition of 48.62% stake in Shree Rama Newsprint

At meeting held on 21 May 2015

Riddhi Siddhi Gluco Biols announced that the Company has upon approval of the Board of Directors in their meeting held on 21 May 2015, has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) with the Promoters & entities forming part of the promoter group of Shree Rama Newsprint for acquiring 2,82,77,677 equity shares of Rs.10/- each, constituting 48.62% of the total paid up equity share capital of Shree Rama Newsprint at a total consideration of Rs 1 Lakh. The said acquisition would be subject to the terms of the SPA and necessary statutory and regulatory approvals as may be required.

Further, the Company would also be subscribing to 6,00,00,000 (Six Crore Only) equity shares of Rs.10/- each of Shree Rama Newsprint, alongwith ICICI Bank (lenders of Shree Rama Newsprint Limited) who would be subscribing to Optionally Convertible Debentures with aggregate value of Rs. 30 Crore, in compliance with Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2009.

In connection with the aforesaid, the Company in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Board Of India (Substantial Acquisition Of Shares And Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 would be making necessary open offer to the shareholders of Shree Rama Newsprint.

The Company has appointed Keynote Corporate Services (Keynote), a SEBI registered Category I Merchant Banker as Manager to the proposed open offer to be made to the public equity shareholders of Shree Rama Newsprint.

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