煙草在線據《商務標準》報道編譯　　總部位于倫敦的英美煙草公司，持有ITC公司大約30%的股份，當印度政府出售其持有的由Suuti控制的位于加爾各答的這家卷煙及酒店集團11.3%的股份時，英美煙草可能不會增加其股份。

　　在回應《商務標準》關于是否提高其持股比例的詢問時，英美煙草公司的一位發言人說：“我們目前沒有計劃購買ITC公司的更多股份。”聯盟政府已決定出售Suuti在私有企業中的股份，ITC公司、Axis銀行（23.58%）和L＆T公司（8.27%）。

　　如果英美煙草公司購買Suuti在ITC公司中的股權，它將成為控股股權持有者。英美煙草公司通過不同的實體，包括樂富門國際企業和Myddleton投資有限公司持有ITC公司的股份。

　　在內閣上周（1.5-1.11）決定暫時不拆分Suuti之后，它已經開始了Suuti公司在Axis銀行股份的銷售流程。

　　鑒于ITC的市值（1月14日為2,57,229千萬盧比），Suuti在該公司的股權價值大約29,000千萬盧比。

　　據銀行家分析，政府可能需要一段時間才能開啟Suuti持有的ITC股權的出售程序，自1996年以來ITC一直是收購的目標。英美煙草公司曾在1996年出價，但由于政府干預而告吹。

　　ITC公司銷售的產品，從卷煙到快消品，以及紙張、零售業和酒店，賺取的一半以上的利潤來自卷煙銷售。在截止到2013年9月底的季度內，該公司報告卷煙業務的利潤增長23%，達到2,570千萬盧比。

British American Tobacco Has No Plan to Increase Stake in ITC

　　London-headquartered British American Tobacco (BAT), which holds about 30 per cent stake in ITC, might not increase its equity holding when the Indian government sells its 11.3 per cent stake in the Kolkata-based cigarettes-to-hotels group, currently held by the Specified Undertaking of UTI (Suuti).

　　"We don't have any plans to purchase more shares in ITC at this time," said a BAT spokesperson, responding to Business Standard's query on whether it would raise its stake. The Union government has decided to sell Suuti's stake in private entities — ITC, Axis Bank (23.58 per cent) and L&T (8.27 per cent).

　　If BAT buys the Suuti stake in ITC, it will become the controlling stakeholder. BAT holds its stake in ITC through different entities, including Rothmans International Enterprises and Myddleton Investment Company Ltd.

　　After the Cabinet decision last week not to dismantle Suuti for now, it has started the sale process for Suuti's stake in Axis Bank.

　　Given ITC's market cap (Rs 2,57,229 crore as on January 14), the value of Suuti's stake in the firm is about Rs 29,000 crore.

　　According to bankers, the government might take time to initiate the sale process of Suuti's stake in ITC, as the company was a target for takeover since 1996. BAT had placed a bid in 1996, which fell through as the government intervened.

　　ITC, which sells products ranging from cigarettes to fast-moving consumer goods to paper to retail and hotels, earns more than half of its revenue from cigarette sales. During the quarter ended September 2013, the firm reported a 23 per cent jump in profit from the cigarette business at Rs 2,570 crore. Enditem