Mahindra & Mahindra to complete acquisition of Ssangyong in four months

26 Aug 2010 Evaluate

M&M will take another four months to complete the acquisition of the South Korean SUV maker Ssangyong and plans to fund the buy through a mixture of cash reserves, internal accruals and debt. The company has `2,500 crore cash reserves and its debt:equity ratio is a comfortable 0.32:1.

According to its, president (automotive and farm equipment sectors) Pawan Goenka, In case of M&M’s offer fails to cover all the debt on the books of Ssangyong, creditors will have to take a hair cut, In August 2008 Ssasyong was reeling under $650 million of debt but some of it was converted into equity later.

Ssangyong is ready with its first new product in four years — the 5-seater C200 compact SUV — and has already improved its overall sales in the last four months to 7,000 units a months. Ssangyong is expected to provide M&M not only an expanded SUV product portfolio but also significant shared technology and 1,300 dealers outside Korea. Also, no immediate investments are needed in capacity expansion at Ssangyong. In 2010, the company is expected to sell about 75,000 units against less than 40,000 sold last year.

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