Mumbai: TS Global Holdings (TSGH) Singapore, a 100 percent indirect subsidiary of Tata Steel, today executed definitive agreements with TopTip Holding ("TopTip"), a Singapore based steel and iron ore trading company, to divest its 100 percent equity stake in NatSteel Holdings (“NSH”) for an Equity Value of USD172 million (Rs1,275 crore). Based on the historical performance of the transacted business, the Enterprise Value to Ebitda works out to be about 13 times. The wires business of NatSteel in Thailand (Siam Industrial wires) has been retained by Tata Steel as part of the downstream wires portfolio. The transaction has been closed today, the consideration received, and will be used reduction of off-shore debt.
