The BAT-ITC Tussle




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Abstract

The case examines the tussle between ITC Limited (ITC) and its parent company British American Tobacco (BAT) during the mid-1990s.

The case also details the issues over which the two companies disagreed, with a focus on the ITC Chairman K L Chugh's role in the battle.

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The case is structured to achieve the following teaching objectives:

  • Explain to students the role of the company board, its structure and mechanisms and to discuss the struggle for control of the board and its policies between a major shareholder and the managers.
  • Help students to understand and analyse the implications and dynamics involved in the shareholding pattern and the issue of controlling interest and decision making processes in the board between various constituents

Contents
Public Drama
Background Note
The Warring Factions
The Mysterious End
Exhibits

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