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SA’s Nampak makes progress in talks for glass unit sale

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South African diversified packaging group Nampak has made significant progress in negotiations to sell its Glass business, it said yesterday.

JOHANNESBURG — South African diversified packaging group Nampak has made significant progress in negotiations to sell its Glass business, it said yesterday.

Nampak, which operates in 11 African countries as well as Ireland and the United Kingdom, began exploratory discussions with a number of strategic players in 2018.

In February, Nampak said following its decision to sell the glass unit, it initiated a “competitive” disposal process, which resulted in the firm entering into an exclusivity arrangement with the preferred bidder. The sale was originally scheduled to be concluded by April 2019.

The preferred bidder was a black South African-owned company supported by a large international corporation with significant glass expertise, the firm said at that time.

“The parties are still fully committed to concluding the transaction,” Nampak said on Thursday.

In the half-year ended March 31, 2019, glass sales volumes were relatively flat, constrained by production output, with trading profit at 89 million rand ($6,40 million) from a loss of 55 million rand.

Reuters

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