The boss of the Group that is now the main commissioners of Carrefour Indonesia Chairul Tanjung admits that they are interested to enlarge the portion of its stake in Carrefour.

“Even if I was offered a 100 percent ready, even if it means no more Carrefour in Indonesia, not a problem,” he said.

Even so Chairul reject the assumption itself has begun to make an offer. According to him, he just took a position if offered.

Just so you know, Trans Corp (Para Group), through a subsidiary of PT Trans Retail business has acquired 40 percent stake in PT Carrefour Indonesia with a value of more than 300 million U.S. dollars.

Chairul explained supermarket acquisition funds received from the French consortium of four banks lending. Namely Credit Suisse, Citibank, GP Morgan and ING.

By acquiring 40 percent stake, he made sure the Trans Retail as the largest shareholder of Carrefour Indonesia. While 60 percent of Carrefour SA gripped the rest (39 percent), Carrefour Nederland BV (9,5 percent), and onesia BV (11.5 percent).