Avantha Group company Crompton Greaves will sell its transmission and distribution (T&D) business outside India to First Reserve International, a US private equity (PE) fund, for an enterprise value of euro 115 million (approximately Rs 851 crore). “It has now received and accepted a revised binding letter of offer for acquisition of aforesaid business by First Reserve International ltd, a US private equity fund, for an enterprise value of euro 115 million,” Crompton Greaves said in a BSE filing on Wednesday.
In May last year, Crompton Greaves had received non-binding proposals from interested parties to acquire European, North American and Indonesian activities of power division of the company.
It further said, “The sale will enable the co to reduce debt and focus on its faster growing Indian business. it continues to actively examine its other international B2B businesses with a view to monetise.” The stock was trading at Rs 148.10, up 6.13 per cent from its previous close on BSE.