Piramal Enterprises surges on plan to acquire majority stake in Health SuperHiway

20 Apr 2015 Evaluate

Piramal Enterprises (PEL) is currently trading at Rs. 951.15, upby 7.35 points or 0.78% from its previous closing of Rs. 943.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 945.00 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 955.00 and Rs. 943.00 respectively. So far 28 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'A' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 1012.75 on 15-Apr-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 539.00 on 30-Apr-2014.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 1012.75 and Rs. 918.00 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 16286.51 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 52.85 % while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 30.89 % and 16.27 % respectively.

Piramal Enterprises (PEL) has decided to acquire a majority stake in Health SuperHiway, a healthcare analytics company owned by the Apollo Hospitals’ promoter family. The transaction, to be done in two tranches of investment, strengthens PEL’s footprint in the global healthcare information business.

The company has invested Rs 60 lakh in cash, making it a minority shareholder in HealthHiway. It will invest an additional Rs 44.2 crore in the next 33 months provided HealthHiway achieves a set of specified growth milestones that are based on acquisition of hospital data partnerships.

With the investment of the second tranche of funds, the company will control a majority stake in the business, become the promoter and assume operational control.

Piramal Enterprises is one of India’s largest diversified companies, with a presence in pharmaceutical, financial services and healthcare information management sectors.

 

 

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