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KUALA LUMPUR (April 12): Eden Inc Bhd is exiting Pakistan's power business, after disposal of its minority shareholding in power plant developer S K Hydro (Pvt) Ltd.

According to its bourse filing today, Eden and its executive chairman Tan Sri Abd Rahim Mohamad are selling their entire 5,600 shares in S K Hydro to White Crystal Ltd for 56,000 Pakistani rupees (RM2,077). They acquired the stake in 2005.

White Crystal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Saudi Arabia-based Al Jomaih Group.

Eden said it was disposing of its shares, because it deems the project not viable due to a change in the Pakistan government policies and the requirement by the  government to increase the capacity from 440 megawatt (MW) to 840MW.

"In addition, the project which was incepted in October 2005, has not achieved financial close," Eden said in a filing with Bursa Malaysia.

The disposal, it said, will not have any material effect on its earnings per share, gearing and net assets per share.  

Eden said that aside from Rahim, his spouse Puan Sri Fadzilah Md Ariff and his daughter Fara Nadia Abd Rahim, no one else has any interest in the disposal.

Shares in Eden closed unchanged at 22 sen today, for a market value of RM66.94 million.

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