TECHNIP a Euronext-listed entity, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Coflexip Stena (Mauritius) Offshore Limited, had entered into a binding agreement for the divestment of a majority stake of at least 51% and up to...
Sun Pharma Acquires Ranbaxy
In April 2014, Sun Pharmaceutical acquired 100% of Ranbaxy Laboratories for $4 billion to create world’s fifth largest specialty generic pharma company. Under these agreements, Ranbaxy will merge into Sun Pharma and the...
Amalgamation Of CIE & M&M Group
CIE Automotive S.A. is a very large automotive conglomerate having its registered office in Spain and listed on Bilbao and Madrid stock exchange. Its group company Participaciones Internacionales Autometal Tres. S.L...
Thomas Cook’s Sterling Move
Billionaire investor Prem Watsa-backed Thomas Cook India had acquired vacation ownership Sterling Holiday Resorts for Rs 870 crore, marking its foray into the hospitality sector. For Thomas Cook, it was the...
DLF Back To Core
In order to hive off some non core business and pare debt, DLF concluded the sale of luxury hospitality chain Aman Resorts for an enterprise value of $358 million (approx Rs 2,230 crore). The country’s...
Aurobindo Pharma Expands Overseas Operations
At a time when Aurobindo Pharma gets nearly twothird of its revenues from abroad, it is quite natural for the company to aggressively expand its operations globally. The company bought Dublinbased Actavis Plc’s...
Amtek Acquires Germany’s Kuepper Group
In a bid to increase its global footprints abroad, automotive component supplier Amtek Auto Ltd, backed by investors like Warburg Pincus and Chrys Capital, had signed an agreement to acquire substantial...
Clariant’s Acquisition Of Plastichemix : A Lesson For India Inc
In order to consolidate its position in the chemicals business, Mumbaibased Clariant Chemicals (India) Ltd. (CCIL), a specialty chemical major had acquired Gujaratbased Masterbatches maker...
Creating Value For Shareholder
Recently, the Board Of Directors of Pfizer Ltd. (“Pfizer India”) and Wyeth Ltd. (“Wyeth India”) had approved the long-awaited merger of Wyeth India into Pfizer India, which will create a single Pfizer brand in India. In...
Mahindra Satyam: Back From The Brink!
In September 2008, Satyam, the then sixth largest India-based IT services company, received the coveted “Golden Peacock Global Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance”. Then, just four short months after this...
Merger & Acquisition – The Telecom Way
A panel of Ministers called the EGoM (Empowered Group of Ministers) approved the final draft of the much-awaited merger & acquisition (M&A) guidelines for the Telecom sector which are likely to support the...
TATA Power Acquires AES Corp
TATA has entered into share purchase agreement (SPA) with AES Corp. for 100% shareholding of AES Saurastha Winds Farms Private Limited. This is the horizontal acquisition as the TATA has a presence in renewable energy...