RIL shares in focus after subsidiary acquires 100% stake in Nauyaan Tradings
Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) shares are expected to be in focus on Friday, March 21, after the conglomerate announced that its subsidiary Reliance Strategic Business Ventures (RSBVL) acquired a 100% stake in Nauyaan Tradings Private Limited (NTPL) for a mere consideration of Rs 1 lakh.
“Please note that Reliance Strategic Business Ventures Limited (RSBVL), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company has informed the Company that it has, today, acquired 100% equity stake in Nauyaan Tradings Private Limited (NTPL) for an aggregate consideration of Rs. 1,00,000/- from Welspun Tradings Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Welspun Corp Limited (WCL),” the company said in a regulatory filing.
While NTPL, incorporated earlier this month, is yet to commence operations, it serves as a vehicle for a much larger play — the acquisition of a majority stake in Nauyaan Shipyard Private Limited (NSPL).
NTPL (post-acquisition by RSBVL) has simultaneously entered into a share purchase agreement with Welspun Corp Limited (WCL) to acquire a 74% equity stake in NSPL for Rs 382.73 crore. The transaction, subject to certain adjustments for net current assets and WCL-related expenses, values NSPL’s equity at Rs 517.21 crore, with an enterprise value of Rs 643.78 crore and total liabilities of Rs 126.57 crore. NSPL is also expected to settle a Rs 93.66 crore liability owed to WCL.
NSPL, incorporated in July 2021, holds leasehold rights to approximately 138 acres of land near RIL’s Dahej manufacturing facility — a strategic coastal