Piramal to buy 20% stake in Shriram Capital for $334 m
Friday, 18 April 2014 03:45
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Reuters: Piramal Enterprises Ltd said it agreed to buy a 20% stake in unlisted Shriram Capital Ltd for 20.14 billion rupees ($334 million), increasing its foothold in the financial services sector.
Shriram Capital is the holding company for the Chennai-based Shriram group, which controls Shriram Transport Finance Co Ltd and Shriram City Union Finance.
U.S-private equity firm TPG Capital holds a minority stake in Shriram Capital. Piramal last year bought a 9.9% stake in Shriram Transport.
Earlier this month, Piramal agreed to sell its 11% stake in the Indian unit of Vodafone Group Plc to the British group for 89 billion rupees ($1.48 billion).
