烟草在线据《商务标准》报道编译　　总部位于伦敦的英美烟草公司，持有ITC公司大约30%的股份，当印度政府出售其持有的由Suuti控制的位于加尔各答的这家卷烟及酒店集团11.3%的股份时，英美烟草可能不会增加其股份。

　　在回应《商务标准》关于是否提高其持股比例的询问时，英美烟草公司的一位发言人说：“我们目前没有计划购买ITC公司的更多股份。”联盟政府已决定出售Suuti在私有企业中的股份，ITC公司、Axis银行（23.58%）和L＆T公司（8.27%）。

　　如果英美烟草公司购买Suuti在ITC公司中的股权，它将成为控股股权持有者。英美烟草公司通过不同的实体，包括乐富门国际企业和Myddleton投资有限公司持有ITC公司的股份。

　　在内阁上周（1.5-1.11）决定暂时不拆分Suuti之后，它已经开始了Suuti公司在Axis银行股份的销售流程。

　　鉴于ITC的市值（1月14日为2,57,229千万卢比），Suuti在该公司的股权价值大约29,000千万卢比。

　　据银行家分析，政府可能需要一段时间才能开启Suuti持有的ITC股权的出售程序，自1996年以来ITC一直是收购的目标。英美烟草公司曾在1996年出价，但由于政府干预而告吹。

　　ITC公司销售的产品，从卷烟到快消品，以及纸张、零售业和酒店，赚取的一半以上的利润来自卷烟销售。在截止到2013年9月底的季度内，该公司报告卷烟业务的利润增长23%，达到2,570千万卢比。

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