Voltas to buy out remaining stake in 2 JVs

Voltas Ltd, a Tata group company today said it will acquire remaining stake in Universal Comfort Products Ltd and Saudi Ensas Company Ltd pursuant to which the companies will become its wholly-owned subsidiaries.

UCPL is a joint venture company between Voltas and Fedders International Air-conditioning Pvt Ltd, a subsidiary of US-based Fedders Corporation. Fedders has agreed to divest its 50 per cent shareholding in UCPL for Rs 7.5 crore (Rs 75 million) to Voltas, the air condition and cooling product making company said in a communique to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

On completion of transfer of these shares, UCPL would cease to be a joint venture firm and become a wholly-owned

subsidiary of Voltas Ltd, the company informed.

In another statement, Voltas said it would also acquire 51 per cent stake in Saudi Ensas Company Ltd, a JV between itself and a local company in Saudi Arabia.

Voltas and its subsidiaries hold 49 per cent of the capital in SECL, it added. Upon conclusion of the acquisition, SECL would turn into a 100 per cent subsidiary of Voltas Ltd. Shares of the company were last trading at Rs 243.50, up 2.96 per cent on the BSE.