Morepen Laboratories surges on buzz to sell its OTC business

23 Sep 2016 Evaluate

Morepen Laboratories is currently trading at Rs. 27.05, up by 2.25 points or 9.07% from its previous closing of Rs. 24.80 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 26.70 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 27.20 and Rs. 26.45 respectively. So far 3,87,000 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 2 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 41.80 on 05-Jan-2016 and a 52 week low of Rs. 13.40 on 29-Sep-2015.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 27.20 and Rs. 23.20 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 949.83 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 34.54%, while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 19.50% and 45.96% respectively.

Morepen Laboratories is reportedly in talks with Ajay Piramal Group to sell its OTC (over-the-counter) business of market leading brands such as Burnol. This step has been taken in order to monetize some of its mainstream brands when larger rivals look to expand their consumer product portfolio. Morepen has mandated Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu to run a formal process and the negotiations are at quite an advanced stage.

Founded in 1985, Morepen Laboratories has a wide range of front-ranking presence in the wellness category. Its spectrum of popular OTC products, such as Burnol, Lemolate and Sat Isabgol are leading brands in the respective categories.

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