Vikram Ispat sold to Welspun for Rs 1,030 cr
First Published: 23:56 IST(10/6/2008)
Last Updated: 23:57 IST(10/6/2008)
Aditya Birla group controlled Grasim Industries has sold its sponge iron business to a
subsidiary company of Welspun Gujarat for a total consideration of Rs 1,030 crore.
Grasim run its sponge iron business under Vikram Ispat, which operates as a separate
division of Grasim. Vikram Ispat had a turnover of over Rs 950 crore during the last
financial year.
“Grasim would transfer its Vikram Ispat undertaking into a new special purpose vehicle,
to be formed as a subsidiary company of Grasim. This would be funded by Welspun
Power and Steel Limited, through equity investment,” Grasim said in a statement.
Welspun is a closely held unlisted company having its registered office in Gujarat. It
manufactures sponge iron at its plant situated at Anjar. It is a subsidiary company of the
$500 million Welspun group.
The transaction is expected to be completed within the next six months.
Grasim shares were down 0.47 per cent or Rs 10.50 to close at Rs 2217.20 at the Bombay
Stock Exchange on Tuesday.
Welspun Power & Steel Ltd. ( Corporate Office)
Trade World, B-wing,
9th floor, Kamala Mills Compounds,
Senapati Bapat Marg,
Lower Parel (West),
Mumbai 400 013, INDIA
Tel:                    +91 22 5650 3000
                        +91 22 2490 8000
Fax:                    +91 22 2490 8020
 The following list is arranged in alphabetical order.
Name of
                        Designation                      Representing          Location
employee
Ajay Kumbhat            President (VC Office)            Welspun Retail Ltd.   Lower Parel ,
                                                                               Mumbai
Akhil Jindal            Director (Corporate Affairs)     Welspun Group         Lower Parel ,
                                                                               Mumbai
Anurag Sharma           President                        Welspun India Ltd.    Lower Parel ,
                                                                               Mumbai
Ashok Jain              President (Finance)              Welspun India Ltd.    Lower Parel ,
                                                                               Mumbai
Asim                    President (Projects)             Welspun Group         Anjar, Gujarat
Chakraborty
B.A. Kale               Chief Executive Officer          Welspun Syntex Ltd.   Chirabazaar,
                                                                               Mumbai
Bharat Sharma           Director (Operations)            Welspun India Ltd.    Anjar, Gujarat
Braja Mishra      Chief Executive Officer and           Welspun Gujarat Stahl   Lower Parel ,
                  Executive Director                    Rohren Ltd.             Mumbai
Charles           Chief Operating Officer & Executive   Welspun U.S.A.          Manhattan ,
Gaenslen          Vice President                                                New York
Duarte Relvas     Chief Executive Officer               Sorema , Portugal       Espinho ,
                                                                                Portugal
Humberto Tello    Chief Executive Officer               Welspun USA and         New York , USA
                                                        Mexico
Joel Rosenblatt   Managing Director                     Christy UK Ltd.         Hyde Cheshire
                                                                                , UK
Krishna Mohan     President                             Welspun Retail Ltd.     Lower Parel ,
                                                                                Mumbai
L. T. Hotwani     Chief Operating Officer               Welspun Gujarat Stahl   Lower Parel ,
                  (Operations)                          Rohren Ltd.             Mumbai
M. L. Mittal      Executive Director                    Welspun Group           Lower Parel ,
                                                                                Mumbai
Prashant K.       President (Projects)                  Welspun Gujarat Stahl   Anjar, Gujarat
Mukherjee                                               Rohren Ltd.
Dr. Rakesh        Director (HCGA)                       Welspun Group           Lower Parel ,
Mehta                                                                           Mumbai
S. L. Jain        President                             Welspun Power and       Lower Parel ,
                                                        Steel Ltd.              Mumbai
S.M. Khare        Director                              Welspun Syntex Ltd.     Chirabazaar,
                                                                                Mumbai
S. R. Somani      Director (Projects)                   Welspun Power and       Lower Parel ,
                                                        Steel Ltd.              Mumbai
Swapan Nath       Director (Operations)                 Welspun India Ltd.      Vapi, Gujarat
Tapas Mitra       Chief Financial Officer               Welspun India Ltd.      Lower Parel ,
                                                                                Mumbai
Updeep Singh      President (Projects)                  Welspun India Ltd.      Lower Parel ,
                                                                                Mumbai
V.S. Bhat         President (POY - Spinning)            Welspun Syntex Ltd.     Silvassa,
                                                                                Maharashtra
Compliance Officials
D. K. Patil       Sr. Vice - President (Legal) &        Welspun India Ltd.
                  Company Secretary
Kaushik Kapasi    Assistant Vice President & Company    Welspun Syntex Ltd.
                  Secretary
Pradeep Joshi     Assistant Company Secretary           Welspun Gujarat Stahl
                                                        Rohren Ltd.
Corporate Office
Trade World, 'B'-wing, 9th Floor,
Kamala Mills Compound,
Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel,
Mumbai 400 013, INDIA
Tel :         +91 22 66136000 / 24908000
Fax :         +91 22 24908020 / 24908021