Reliance Retail Acquires 40.95% Stake In Just Dial For Rs 3,947 Crore

Reliance Retail, the retail arm of billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited, acquired a stake of 40.95 per cent for Rs 3,497 crore in main web know-how B2B firm Just Dial. As per the definitive agreements on July 16, the retail firm will make an open provide to accumulate as much as 26 per cent in accordance with takeover laws set by market regulator SEBI.

This signifies that Reliance Retail could purchase a majority stake of 66.95 per cent in Just Dial. With the acquisition, Just Dial Founder VSS Mani will proceed to steer the corporate as its managing director and chief govt officer (CEO).

Out of the overall 40.95 per cent acquired by the Reliance Industries’ subsidiary, it has obtained a preferential allotment of two.12 crore fairness shares, which is equal to 25.33 p.c submit preferential share capital at a value per share of Rs 1,022.25.

Reliance Retail has acquired 1.31 crore fairness shares from VSS Mani, which is equal to fifteen.62 p.c submit preferential share capital at a value per share of Rs 1,020.00.

The capital infused by Reliance Retail will assist drive the expansion and enlargement of the nation’s main native search engine platform right into a complete native itemizing and commerce platform. 

The investments will leverage Just Dial’s current database of round 30.4 million listings and its current shopper visitors of practically 129.1 million quarterly distinctive customers

”The funding in Just Dial underlines our dedication to New Commerce by additional boosting the digital ecosystem for hundreds of thousands of our accomplice retailers, micro, small and medium enterprises,” mentioned Ms Isha Ambani, Director of Reliance Retail Ventures Limited (RRVL). 

The transaction is topic to shareholder in addition to different customary closing circumstances and approvals. Just Dial lately launched its B2B market platform – JD Mart which is geared toward equipping wholesalers, producers, retailers, and distributors within the nation with web know-how for a post-COVID-era.

Last 12 months, Reliance Retail executed the nation’s largest fundraising within the retail sector – elevating Rs 47,265 crore from international traders. The nation’s main retailer reported a internet revenue of Rs 5,481 crore for the monetary 12 months 2020-21.