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Jindal Steel sells entire stake in Oman plant for over $1 billion

The divestment is in line with JSPL's vision and commitment to continuously bring down its debt and deleverage its balance sheet, the company said in a release

V R Sharma, managing director, JSPL
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“This sale is in line with our vision to reduce debt and create a much healthier balance sheet for our investors and stakeholders. We firmly believe in the India growth story,” V R Sharma, Managing director, Jindal Steel

Aditi Divekar Mumbai
Jindal Steel & Power (Mauritius), or JSPML, a subsidiary of Naveen Jindal-led Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) said on Tuesday that it has accepted a binding offer from Templar Investments to divest its entire stake in its Oman asset, Jindal Shadeed Iron and Steel (JSIS Oman).

The divestment is in line with JSPL’s vision and commitment to continuously bring down its debt and deleverage its balance sheet, the company said in a release.

The enterprise value of the deal is over $1 billion and Alpen Capital, a West Asia-based investment bank was appointed to run the sale process, which received competitive offers

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