Crompton Greaves has inked a deal with US private equity fund First Reserve International to sell its global power business for an enterprise value of €115 million (about ₹846 crore). The sale will enable the company to reduce debt and focus on its faster-growing Indian businesses.
The company’s consolidated debt stood at ₹2,744 crore in FY15. Earlier, Crompton Greaves had announced the de-merger of its consumer products business into a wholly owned subsidiary Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals.
Paring debtIn October 2015, the company sold its Canadian Power Transformer business to PTI Holdings Corp. These deals will help Crompton Greaves bring down its debt and expand its consumer products business.
On Wednesday, the Avantha Group company’s shares rose 8.81 per cent to ₹151.85 on a steady BSE, which closed 0.55 per cent higher.
On May 28, 2015, the company informed the stock exchanges that it had got non-binding proposals from “interested parties” from across Europe, North America and Indonesia. Later, on February 4, it said that discussions with a potential buyer were on.