Crompton Greaves announces merger with Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances

The merger will unlock various revenue and cost synergies, achieve economies of scale by pooling the combined resources and provide an impetus to grow across India.

Crompton Greaves-Butterfly Merger Proposal 

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals (Crompton) and Butterfly Gandhimathi Appliances (Butterfly) have proposed a scheme of amalgamation of Butterfly with Crompton (Merger). Upon Merger, the public shareholders of Butterfly as on the record date will receive 22 equity shares of Crompton for every 5 equity shares held by them in Butterfly, as a consideration for the Merger. Post-Merger, the public shareholders of Butterfly will hold around a 3.0% stake in the combined entity. 

The scheme is subject to the necessary statutory and regulatory approvals including the approval of the stock exchanges, SEBI, the respective shareholders and creditors of each of the companies and NCLT (Mumbai and Chennai benches).

The merger will unlock various revenue and cost synergies, achieve economies of scale by pooling the combined resources and provide an impetus to grow across all parts of India. The combined entity is expected to benefit from the pooling of human capital that has diverse skills, talent, and vast experience to compete in an increasingly competitive industry. Additionally, it will enable more efficient allocation of capital and result in simplification of the corporate structure. 

Stock price movement 

On Monday, the shares of Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals closed at Rs 295.20, up by 2.75 points or 0.94% from its previous closing of Rs 292.45 on the BSE. The stock opened at Rs 299.95 and has touched a high and low of Rs 302.05 and Rs 291.60 respectively. The BSE group 'A' stock of face value of Rs 2 has touched a 52-week high and low of Rs 428.80 and Rs 278.10, respectively. Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs 302.05 and Rs 278.10 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs 18782.82 crore. 

The Institutions and Non-Institutions held 84.29% and 15.71%, stake in the company respectively.

Company Profile  

Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals manufactures and markets a wide spectrum of consumer products ranging from fans, light sources and luminaires, pumps and household appliances, such as geysers, mixer grinders, toasters and irons.