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Rai Group loses bid for ARM Cement

13 September 2019

Kenya: PricewaterhouseCoopers has rejected Rai Group’s bank guarantee of US$12.5m as part of its US$62.6m bid for ownership of ARM Cement. The bid constituted an attempt to forestall the latter’s sale to Devki Group subsidiary National Cement, which remains under the scrutiny of the courts. Business Daily has reported that Rai Group’s offer failed due to an insufficient expiry period of nine months on the guarantee, exposing the seller to untenable risk.

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ARM Cement sale faces opposition from former boss

19 July 2019

Kenya: Pradeep Paunrana, the former chief executive officer (CEO) of ARM Cement, has challenged the sale of his former company’s assets in Kenya to National Cement. Lawyers acting on behalf of Paunrana, who remains a major shareholder, have filed a petition at the Kenyan High Court, according to the Business Daily newspaper.

ARM Cement was place in administration in mid-2018. Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) later decided to sell the cement producer’s assets in Kenya to National Cement for US$48m. However, a consortium of investors led by Paunrana offered US$63m for the assets but this bid was declined due to a lack of proof of funds and its late submission.

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ARM Cement sells assets for US$50m

21 May 2019

Kenya: ARM Cement has signed a deal to sell its business in Kenya to the National Cement Company for US$50m. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals, according to the Business Standard newspaper. ARM Cement also has operations in Tanzania, Rwanda and some interests, in the form of unexploited mineral deposits, in South Africa.

“This transaction is in line with National Cement’s growth strategy in Kenya to position itself as the leading cement manufacturer in the region. The industry is poised for growth and we are excited about the prospects for this next chapter of our business. We will endeavor to safeguard the interests of all stakeholders including the employees, customers, and suppliers in the overall interest of Kenya,” said Narendra Raval, chairman of National Cement.

The cement producer was placed under administration in August 2018. In late 2018 Oman’s Raysut Cement said it planned to buy ARM Cement as part of its expansion plans. Nigeria’s Dangote Cement was also linked to a potential purchase of the company.

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ARM Cement fighting to sell stake in South African project

10 April 2019

Kenya/South Africa: Kenya’s ARM Cement is fighting moves by minority investors in South Africa’s Mafeking Cement to buy it out for a nominal sum. ARM Cement is attempting to sell its 70% stake in the company for around US$3m as part of its administration process, according to the Business Daily newspaper. Mafeking Cement owns limestone reserves in north-west South Africa and ARM Cement originally took a stake in the company to raise investment and eventually build a cement plant.

However, the minority investors have invoked parts of the shareholders’ agreement and filed a court application in South Africa that, if successful, would allow them buy out ARM Cement’s stake for a nominal price less than US$1. ARM Cement’s administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers have taken steps to counter the move.

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ARM Cement extends offer deadline to mid-March

05 March 2019

Kenya: ARM Cement has extended its bidding period to mid-march 2019 following requests by potential buyers. Administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which took over the cement producer in August 2018, originally set the deadline to the end of February 2019, according to the Business Daily newspaper. Bidders have asked for a longer period to complete due diligence tests and decide what they think the value of the company is.

14 companies have already made non-binding bids for the cement producer. These will later be shortlisted before a winning bidder is selected. No bidders have publicly been announced but Nigeria’s Dangote Cement and Oman’s Raysut Cement are believed to be interested, according to local media.

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ARM offers considered until 28 February 2019

18 February 2019

Kenya: Firms interested in buying out troubled ARM Cement have until 28 February 2019 to make final offers to the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the company’s administrator. PwC says 25 companies have so far expressed their interest in taking over ARM. 23 have signed non-disclosure agreements that allowed them to receive additional information about the cement manufacturer. By mid-December, PwC reported at total of 14 non-binding offers (NBOs).

“We reviewed these NBOs and shortlisted a number of parties whose offers best suited the objectives of the envisaged transaction to proceed to the next round of conducting their due diligence, with a view to submitting binding offers,” reported PwC.

While the administrators did not name the shortlisted companies, they are believed to include Nigeria’s Dangote Cement and Oman’s Raysut Cement, which went public with its US$101m buyout offer.

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Raysut Cement preparing to invest US$700m in India

04 December 2018

India: Oman’s Raysut Cement plans to invest around US$700m in India by 2022. Joey Ghose, the chief executive officer (CEO) of the company, said that about US$200m has been set aside to buy majority stakes in two local producers in early 2019, according to the Hindu newspaper. Raysut Cement wants to increase its total cement production capacity to 20Mt/yr. The investment will be funded by internal revenue and loans.

The cement producer is holding talks with companies in Chhattisgarh and the coastal region of Gujarat respectively. Each company has a production capacity of around 1.2Mt/yr. Raysut Cement also intends to invest up to US$500m in these companies following their acquisition by 2022, bringing their capacity up to 5Mt/yr.

Outside of India, Raysut Cement also says it is interested in buying a 70% stake in Kenya’s ARM Cement for US$100m. It is also in discussions to acquire buy cement producers in Uganda and Djibouti. It currently has projects in development in Somaliland and Somalia. The company also holds a majority stake in Pioneer Cement Industries Georgia.

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ARM Cement approach Dangote Cement about potential sale

09 November 2018

Kenya: Advisors to ARM Cement have approached Nigeria’s Dangote Cement about a potential sale, according to a source quoted by Reuters. The news follows reporting by Bloomberg that Dangote Cement has expressed an interest in the Kenyan cement producer. Owner Aliko Dangote also said in an interview that his company was in talks with an unnamed company about potential acquisition in Kenya and Tanzania. ARM Cement was placed in administration in August 2018.

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Bad loans written off at ARM Cement further devalue company

06 November 2018

Kenya/Tanzania: The administrators of ARM Cement have written off loans worth around US$210m to Maweni Limestone, a subsidiary in Tanzania. The decision by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) administrators has significantly reduced the cement producer’s assets to US$140m from US$362m, according to the Business Daily newspaper. In a report PWC alleges that ARM Cement had treated its debt to Maweni Limestone as a performing loan, despite the fact that the subsidiary had repeatedly defaulted on it, effectively misleading investors as to the value of the company. The write-off has left ARM Cement’s creditors, including the UK government-backed CDC Group, in negative equity to a value of around US$24m.

Other irregularities that have been discovered amount to US$1.5m. These issues include alleged outstanding director pay, payments to mystery customers and a payment of US$0.4m for ‘fixtures and fittings.’

ARM Cement owns an integrated cement plant at Tanga and a grinding plant in Dar es Salaam that is currently not in operation. It is also building a grinding plant in Tanga that remains unfinished. The cement producer was placed into administration in late August 2018.

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ARM Cement creditors approve sale of subsidiary

24 October 2018

Kenya: The creditors of ARM Cement have approved a sale of a subsidiary or assets of the company to reduce its debt by US$190m. The creditors have not disclosed which subsidiary or assets will be sold, according to Reuters. One of the administrators from PricewaterhouseCoopers said that 102 of the creditors, representing US$95m, had supported the decision. However, two creditors had rejected the plan. The cement producer was placed into administration in late August 2018.

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