Piramal Enterprises shares drop 6% on merger plan
The board has approved merger of Piramal Enterprises and its unlisted subsidiary Piramal Capital and Housing Finance into a single entity, renaming it as Piramal Finance.
The board has approved merger of Piramal Enterprises and its unlisted subsidiary Piramal Capital and Housing Finance into a single entity, renaming it as Piramal Finance.
Piramal Enterprises says it will also keep aside funds to cover exposure to AIFs
Piramal says as of Nov 2023, its investments in AIF units were ₹3,817 cr, of which funds worth ₹653 cr have no exposure to any debtor firms
Buyback represents 5.87% of total paid-up equity share capital at ₹1,250 apiece, a 16.51% premium over Friday's closing price
Piramal Enterprises will sell 3.1 crore shares in Shriram Finance at a floor price of ₹1,483 per share, a discount of 5% to Tuesday’s closing price on the BSE.
Lists Piramal Pharma Ltd (PPL) on stock exchanges, with 35% stake with Piramal family and 20% with Carlyle Group.
Shares of Piramal Pharma opened at ₹201.80 on the BSE, while it declined 5% to hit a lower circuit of ₹191.75.
Restructuring to simplify corporate structure, create two separate listed entities.
The acquisition—which entails PCHFL’s merger with DHFL—will create one of the largest affordable housing finance companies in India.
Billionaire industrialist Ajay Piramal is in makeover mode. He wants to remould his conglomerate into a well-diversified NBFC and a pharma firm, which would both be giants in their respective spaces.