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Highlights of CSN, Tata offers for Corus

There's more to the bidding war between India's Tata Steel and Brazil's CSN than the respective cash offers of 500 pence and 515 pence per share for the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group.

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LONDON: There's more to the bidding war between India's Tata Steel and Brazil's CSN than the respective cash offers of 500 pence and 515 pence per share for the Anglo-Dutch steelmaker Corus Group.
 
Here's a close look at other features of the offers made by the rival suitors.
 
* CSN's offer in cash values Corus at 4.9 billion pounds, as against Tatas' offer that values Corus' issued and to be issued share capital at approximately 4.7 billion pounds.
 
* Including debt and pension payments, CSN would end up paying nearly 5.8 billion pounds for Corus, as against 5.7 billion pounds by Tata Steel.
 
* CSN's offer represents a premium of approximately 42.9 per cent to the average 12-month share price of 360.5 pence per Corus share for the period ended October 4, as against 38.7 per cent offered by Tata. October 4 was the last trading day before the Tata announced its intent to take over Corus.
 
* CSN has offered to pay 138 million pounds for one of Corus' pension schemes and increase the contribution rate on the British Steel Pension Scheme from 10 per cent to 12 per cent until March 31, 2009.
 
* Tata Steel has committed a payment of 126 million pounds for the pension scheme, while offering to increase contribution rate on the British Steel Pension Scheme from 10 per cent to 12 per cent.
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