May 15, 2009 (FinancialWire) -- Puda Coal, Inc. (OTCBB: PUDC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) said it has entered into a definitive agreement of shares transfer to acquire 18% equity in Shanxi Jianhe Coal Industry Ltd. Co. from two of Jianhe Coal's equity owners for RMB 100 million, or around $14.6 million.
Under the agreement, the stockholder owning the other 82% of Jianhe Coal guaranteed Puda first priority in the right to purchase other shares of Jianhe Coal transferred within the 24-month period after execution of the Agreement.
Jianhe Coal owns the mining rights to a coal mine in Huozhou County, Lingfen City, Shanxi Province, which is around 200 kilometers south of Taiyuan City, the capital city of China's Shanxi province. It is also 50 kilometers from Puda Coal's Lingshi coal washing plant.
Puda Coal said it would not take part in the operational management of the coal mine but will be paid dividends semiannually based on its 18% ownership in Jianhe Coal.
The company said it will utilize its own funds to pay for the transaction, which is scheduled to close in around 90 days.
China -based Puda Coal supplies coking coal to the steel making industry in China for use in making coke. The company currently possesses 3.5 million metric tons of annual coking coal cleaning capacity. Shanxi Province provides 20-25% of China's coal output and supplies nearly 50% of China's coke.
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