NEW DELHI/BENGALURU :Maruti Suzuki, India's top automaker by sales, said on Tuesday it would pay Suzuki Motor in preference shares to take over a local manufacturing plant in a deal that will also boost the Japanese automaker's stake in the company.
The final deal value, which will be based on the plant's book value as of Aug. 29, along with the number of shares to be issued and the price will be decided later, Maruti said, without specifying a date. Suzuki owns the plant, in which it has invested about 180 billion rupees since 2014, but manufactures cars for Maruti. The plant has an annual capacity of 750,000 units.