Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd, a real estate construction company within the Mahindra & Mahindra group, has agreed to buy 9.24 acres of prime land from its parent, auto maker Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, for development. “This new project is Mahindra Lifespaces’ second residential development in Kandivali after its successful ‘Mahindra Roots’ project and will offer […]
Bank of India, a public sector bank controlled by the government of India, today said it has bought out partner AXA Investment Managers from its mutual fund arm, BoI AXA. “Subject to the terms of the Share Purchase Agreement, Bank of India has paid Rs 900/- towards purchase of equity shares of BAIM and Rs […]
Bharti Airtel said it has closed its deal to transfer CDMA spectrum to Reliance Jio Infocomm and received the money. “Airtel has received Rs. 1004.8 crores (net of tax) from Jio for the proposed transfer. In addition, Jio will assume future liabilities of Rs. 469.3 crores relating to the spectrum,” the Gurgaon-based company said. The […]
Construction giant Larsen & Toubro sait it has sold its 3 x 33 MW hydroelectric power plant in Uttaranchal to Renew Power Private Ltd for Rs 985 cr. It said the move is aimed at allowing the company to become a more asset light organization and improve shareholder value. “This development is a significant step […]
Vodafone Idea today said it is not considering any proposal to sell its fiber optic assets, data centers and You Broadband for $1 billion, as reported by Economic Times newspaper. However, responding to a different media report on the sale of its datacenter business and assets, it said these were not material enough for their […]
Bharti Airtel said its Africa unit, Airtel Africa, has sold around 1,400 telecom towers in Tanzania to a joint venture company of SBA Communications Corp and Paradigm Infrastructure Ltd for $175 mn, or around Rs 1,280 cr. SBA Communications Corp is a leading global independent owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure, while Paradigm is […]
In an order that can throw a spanner in the works of tea company McLeod Russel’s debt restructuring, the Delhi High Court has issued an injunction against any asset sale or capital restructuring by the company. The court,”in reference to a matter filed against certain promoters of the company with regard to certain alleged outstanding […]
Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company by shareholding, has restructured its telecom investments and holdings to facilitate its “early monetization”. The oil-to-retail giant said it has decided to set up a new company exclusively for holding the digital business of RJIL — devoid of towers and fiber — and plans to sell stakes in this […]
The National Stock Exchange on Wednesday sought a clarification from Jet Airways regarding reports that a British entrepreneur has expressed interest in acquiring it. The NSE has asked Jet Airways whether such negotiations were taking place and whether it was aware of any information that has not been informed to both NSE and BSE. This […]
Bajaj Auto, one of India’s biggest motorcycle makers, could potentially exit KTM, the premium bike brand from Austria. According to a statement by KTM Industries AG, the parent company of KTM, Bajaj is in talks to sell its minority stake in KTM back to the European parent. Bajaj had stepped in as a white knight […]
Bangalore-based IT services firm Infosys said it has sold its minority stake in Israel-based CloudEndure for $15.3 million. The company had invested $4 million in the cloud computing start-up for a stake of less than 20% three years ago Infosys did not clarify who was buying the stake or what the reason for the sale […]
Eveready Industries, one of India’s largest battery makers, said it has signed an agreement to sell its plot on Tiruvottiyur Road in Chennai to local real estate developer Olympia Group for Rs 100 cr. The agreement, said the battery maker, was executed yesterday with Olympia Group firm Alwarpet Properties Private Limited. Mr. Ajit Chordia, MD of […]
Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications Ltd got a big relief today after the Supreme Court ordered the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India to approve the sale of the company’s spectrum lease to Reliance Jio. “The Spectrum trading transaction will now be completed and RCOM will pay-off Ericsson and minority investors of Reliance Infratel Limited […]
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in India, said it has agreed to sell its API manufacturing unit located in Jeedimetla, Hyderabad, to Therapiva Private Ltd, an emerging generics pharmaceutical company. The company did not reveal the financial details of the deal, but said the transaction is designed as a slump sale […]
Two days after announcing the completon of a transaction to sell some of its physical assets to Reliance Jio, Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications said it has sold its fibre-based assets to Jio. Like in the previous case, the company did not specifically mention the amount that it would generate from the transaction, but said the […]
Wipro said it has completed the sale of its hosted data center services business for $399 mln as announced three months ago. The business, consisting of Wipro Data Centre and Cloud Services, Inc. (USA), a portion of data center business in Germany and UK and certain employees in India, was sold to to Ensono, a […]
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure said it has won approval from the Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission for the sale of its Mumbai power business to Adani Transmission Ltd. It said it now expects to close the Rs 18,800 cr transaction next month. Reliance Infrastructure will utilize the proceeds of the transaction entirely to reduce its debt, […]
Television broadcaster NDTV Ltd said it was selling part of its stake in Red Pixels Ventures Ltd, an online focused subsidiary, to pay rent and meet other working capital requirements. NDTV Ltd holds about 37.04% of the online-focused outfit. NDTV said its board has approved the transfer of “up to 7.38% stake of the company […]
Anil Ambani Group’s Reliance Communications cleared a major hurdle for the sale of its assets to Reliance Jio with the Supreme Court lifting the stay imposed by the Bombay High Court on the transaction. However, there was no immediate relief for the company on the the NCLT stay. The stay by the High Court was […]
Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications said it was confident of overcoming the twin legal challenges posed by shareholders in its tower subsidiary and one of the company’s unsecured creditors, Ericsson. The company is selling much of its spectrum, fiber, towers and other network assets to Reliance Jio Infocomm, led by Anil Ambani’s brother Mukesh, for an […]
