Chatterjee Group,Access acquire Basel! for US5.7 b

摘要

MR.Purnendu Chatterjee of The Chatterjee Group (TCG),along with a few partners,has succeeded in acquiring the assets and debts of the US8.4-billion Dutch petrochemical major,Basell NV,fro euro 4.4 billion (US5.7 billion).Though TCG,along with the US-based Access industries Inc (owned by the Russian born oil billionaire Leonard Blavatnik),emerged as the sole contender after outbidding 43 others over the last few days,the formal announcement was made oly on Thursday at the Basell headquarters in Amsterdam.