Kwality surges on receiving capital commitment for expansion plans

13 Jul 2016 Evaluate

Kwality is currently trading at Rs. 115.90, up by 4.65 points or 4.18% from its previous closing of Rs. 111.25 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 114.50 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 117.90 and Rs. 114.50 respectively. So far 1,16,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 1 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 153.70 on 28-Dec-2015 and a 52 week low of Rs. 62.40 on 26-Aug-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 117.90 and Rs. 108.80 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 2,705.87 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 64.95%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 1.45% and 33.60% respectively.

Kwality, India’s largest and fastest growing private dairy company has received capital commitment of up to Rs 520 crore though structured finance from KKR India, one of the biggest PE fund, to fuel its aggressive growth plans as the company continues to rapidly shift its business model towards B2C/retail segment. ICICI Securities PD is the financial advisor to the transaction.

The proceeds shall be utilized to fund capex to further strengthen milk procurement infrastructure solely for high-margin Value-Added Product categories including Cheese, Paneer, Table Butters, Tetra-Packs, flavoured milk and yoghurt among others. The company intends to roll out a series of such products in the near future. Additionally, funds will be deployed for part repayment of debt to improve cash flows and augment brand building activities.

The company has engaged reputed advertising and marketing firms for its brand building initiatives, namely McCann for Creative, Zenith Optimedia for Media Planning, and Digital Quotient for Social Media. The company has signed Bollywood Actor, Akshay Kumar, as its brand ambassador. Additionally, the company has roped in Ernst and Young (E&Y) as its IT transformation partner.


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