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TATA MOTORS: Nearing Deal With Ford on Jaguar & Land Rover Sale
Tata Motors Ltd is closing in on a deal with Ford Motor Co. for the sale of the American carmaker's Jaguar and Land Rover brands, The Economic Times reports citing an unnamed source “who has been briefed on the negotiations.”
The Times' source anticipates an announcement of an agreement as early as next week to as late as March. The agreement may also include an engine-supply deal. The parties, the news agency's source relates, are negotiating an agreement for Ford to keep supplying engines and other technology to Jaguar and Land Rover.
Times expects the sale agreement will be for the sale of the entire stake in the two luxury brands. Ford CFO Don Leclair told the news agency that “the company does not plan to keep a stake in the storied British automakers.”
Tata Motors became the front-runner bidder for Ford's two brands when Ford announced on Jan. 3, that it has entered into “focused negotiations at a more detailed level” with Tata. Tata Motors, who has the backing of the unions of Jaguar and Land Rover, made it to the list of final bidders along with Mahindra & Mahindra in collaboration with buyout firm Apollo; and One Equity Partners LLC.
India's largest automobile company, Tata Motors Limited -- http://www.tatamotors.com/ -- is mainly engaged in the business of automobile products consisting of all types of commercial and passenger vehicles, including financing of the vehicles sold by the Company. The Company's operating segments consists of Automotive and Others. In addition to its automotive products, it offers construction equipment, engineering solutions and software operations.
Tata Motors has operations in Russia and the United Kingdom.
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As reported in the TCR-Europe on Jan. 8, 2008, Moody's Investors Service placed the Ba1 Corporate Family Rating of Tata Motors Ltd on review for possible downgrade.
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