◎アントワープのPAIがインド最大の港湾会社Essar Ports に投資

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◎アントワープのPAIがインド最大の港湾会社Essar Ports に投資

【アントワープ（ベルギー）2012年6月1日PRN＝共同JBN】インド最大の民間港湾会社のひとつであるEssar Ports Limited （Essar Ports）は1日、Port of Antwerp International （PAI）との間で長期的戦略同盟を構築し、PAIがEssar Portsに約17億5000万ルピーの投資を行ったと発表した。

PAIはアントワープ港湾当局の国際投資部門であり、欧州2位の規模を持ち、多くの欧州経済へのゲートウエーであるアントワープ港を担当する港湾当局は、2011年に1億8700万メトリックトンの貨物を取り扱っている。アントワープ港湾当局とEssar Portsは訓練/コンサルタント・サービス、港湾計画、交通の流れ、品質/生産性改善の分野で協業し、今後さらに相互の事業と投資し好に基づく互恵の商業的関係を構築していく。Essar PortsとPAIは相互に相手方の事業の取扱量拡大で協力し合う。

2012年5月24日に両社により署名された戦略同盟合意書の一環として、PAIはEssar Portsのグローバル預託証券（GDS）について、GDSを構成する普通株1株当たり100ルピーの価格で総額約17億5000万ルピーを投資した。PAIが投資したGDSはEssar Portsの希釈後普通株式資本の約4％にあたる。

Essar Portsは、両社間の商業的関係に重点を置き、相互に生産性、技能、パフォーマンスを強化し合っており、もともと長期的で戦略的な関係にある。PAIはまた、Essar Portsの役員会に役員一人を任命する権利を持つことになる。

ソース：Port of Antwerp

Essar Ports Announces Strategic Alliance With Port of Antwerp International

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ANTWERP, Belgium, June 1, 2012 / PRN=KYODO JBN/ --

     Highlights:

    - Port of Antwerp International has invested approx. Rs 175 crore in Essar

      Ports at a price of Rs 100 per equity share of the company through

      Global Depository Receipt

    - Partnership for technical assistance for port planning, process

      improvement, and quality and productivity improvement

    - Mutual assistance for the growth of port traffic between Port of Antwerp

      and Ports of Essar

    Essar Ports Limited ("Essar Ports"), one of the largest private sector port

companies of India, announced the creation of a long-term strategic alliance

with Port of Antwerp International ("PAI") and an investment of approx. Rs 175

crore by PAI in Essar Ports.

    PAI is the international investing arm of the Antwerp Port Authority, which

is the port authority of the port of Antwerp, the 2nd largest port in Europe

handling 187 MMT of cargo in 2011, and a gateway to many European economies.

The Antwerp Port Authority and Essar Ports will collaborate in the areas of

training and consultancy services, port planning, traffic flow, quality and

productivity improvement and will further build a mutually beneficial

commercial relationship based on mutual business and investment preferences.

Both Essar Ports and PAI will mutually assist in the growth in the volume of

their businesses.

    As a part of the Strategic Alliance Agreement signed between the two

parties on 24th May 2012, PAI has invested approx. Rs 175 crore in Global

Depository Shares ("GDS") of Essar Ports at a price of Rs 100 per share equity

share underlying the GDS. These GDS would form approximately 4% of the diluted

equity share capital of Essar Ports. PAI's investment in

    Essar Ports is long-term and strategic in nature, focusing on the

commercial relationship between the two companies and mutually enhancing the

productivity, skill set and performance. PAI will also have the right to

nominate a director on the Board of Essar Ports.

    SOURCE: Port of Antwerp