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The Kumar Mangalam Birla-controlled group on Sunday introduced a plan to merge its Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd (ABNL)-operated trend retailing enterprise with Pantaloons Trend & Retail. This can create India’s largest branded attire participant, valued at Rs 12,000 crore.
In accordance with the plan, Madura Trend (the branded attire retail division) and Madura Way of life (the posh branded attire retailing arm of ABNL) will probably be demerged into Pantaloons Fashions, a listed subsidiary of the group.
After the restructuring, Pantaloons Style might be renamed Aditya Birla Trend & Retail Restricted, and have 1,900 shops throughout India. The mixed entity may have a debt of Rs 1,775 crore, after loans of about Rs 475 crore can be handed from Madura to Pantaloons.
Underneath the merger plan, ABNL shareholders will get 26 new fairness shares of Pantaloons for each 5 ABNL fairness shares held, following the demerger of Madura Style. Equally, shareholders of Madura Clothes will get seven new fairness shares of Pantaloons for each 500 Madura Garment fairness shares held, pursuant to the demerger of Madura Way of life. The choice shareholder of Madura Clothes Way of life will get one new fairness share of Pantaloons. After the deal, Pantaloons’ fairness base will improve from 92.eight million to 772.eight million shares.
“The thought is to unlock worth for our shareholders in each ABNL and Pantaloons Style,” stated Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla. He additionally stated style retailing was doing much better than the nation’s financial system, with the mixed entity’s income rising by 40 per cent and Ebitda by 43 per cent, prior to now two years.
Normal Chartered Financial institution was the advisor for the transaction, and Worth Waterhouse & Co LLP and Bansi S Mehta & Co have been the valuers.
With this restructuring, an ABNL shareholder holding 100 shares will get 520 Pantaloons shares, along with the 100 ABNL ones. The promoters will personal near a 60 per cent stake in Pantaloons after the restructuring, in contrast with the current 72 per cent. The group determined to maintain its ‘Extra’ branded grocery shops out of the merger scheme, and stated it might not supply any stake within the new firm to non-public fairness gamers.
“This consolidation will create India’s largest pure-play trend & way of life firm, with a robust bouquet of main style manufacturers and retail codecs. This transfer brings India’s number-one branded menswear and womenswear gamers collectively,” the chairman stated. He added the corporate’s inner accruals have been sufficient to fund its progress plans and the transaction can be accomplished in six to 9 months.
“Buyers of ABNL had been asking for a demerger for a very long time. This entity will create the most important pure-play trend firm within the nation and take away the holding firm low cost of ABNL,” Kumar Mangalam Birla stated. The Pantaloons model will proceed on the degree of shops, whilst the corporate’s identify will change. The debt-to-equity ratio of Pantaloons will enhance after the scheme.
“This may also convey all branded attire companies beneath one roof, speed up the expansion of those companies, and assist exploit rising alternatives introduced by the quickly rising Indian attire market,” stated Pranab Barua, the group’s enterprise director (attire & retail enterprise).
The consolidation would additionally allow tapping of operational synergies on numerous fronts, reminiscent of sourcing, actual property and know-how platforms, the group stated in a press release.
Commonplace Chartered Financial institution was the advisor for the transaction whereas Worth Waterhouse & Co. LLP and Bansi S. Mehta & Co have been the valuers.
