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KUALA LUMPUR: Plantation giant Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd (KLK) has proposed a joint venture (JV) with leading Indonesian palm oil producer PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI).

KLK announced yesterday that its wholly-owned subsidiary KL Kepong Plantations Holdings Bhd (KLKPH) has on even date entered into a JV agreement with AALI.

Under the agreement, AALI will take up a 50% stake in KLK’s subsidiary PT Kreasijaya Adhikarya (JV Co). Following the entry of AALI, JV Co, which is involved in refinery and trading of palm oil refined products, will cease to be a subsidiary of KLK.

JV Co will be jointly and equally owned by AALI and KLKPH.

In a filing with Bursa Malaysia yesterday, KLK said the proposed JV is to leverage on synergies between both parties’ plantation expertise.

AALI manages 285,300ha of oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. Its production is supported by 27 mills, with total production capacity of 1,325 tonnes per hour.

“KLK will be bringing its downstream expertise whereas AALI will be bringing its local market insight on sourcing purposes and the supply of good quality raw materials,” it said in the announcement.

The proposed JV requires the approval of the Capital Investment Coordinating Board of Indonesia and the sale of equity stake held by a minority shareholder in JV Co to KLKPH, among other conditions.

The proposed JV is expected to be completed in the first quarter of next year.

 

This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily, on November 11, 2014.

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