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India's Videocon wins race for Daewoo Electronics

IndiaÆs Videocon - bidding with US private equity fund Ripplewood - is to buy Korea's Daewoo Electronics, for around $650-700 million.
September 10, 2006
IndiaÆs Videocon Industries has made the winning bid for Daewoo Electronics, at a price estimated at $650-700 million. The acquisition of the South Korean company is being made with US private equity fund Ripplewood Holdings and could be India's largest private sector cross-border acquisition, eclipsing a recent Tata transaction.

Videocon is a key player in IndiaÆs consumer electronics industry. As per Prime Broking research dated July 27, 2006 Videocon is expected to announce a turnover of around Rs114 billion $2.5 billion for the current 12 month fiscal period, including sales derived from two 2005 acquisitions. DaewooÆs sales revenue at W2.16trillion $2.26billion will add significantly to Videocon. At the indicative price of $700 million the price...
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