M&M Sells Franchise Business Of BabyOye To FirstCry For Rs. 362.1 Crore
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A year after acquiring online maternity and childcare brand BabyOye, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) said it will sell its franchise business to competitor FirstCry for Rs. 362.1 crore on a slump sale basis and also invest in it.
Press Trust of India | Last Updated: October 15, 2016 16:45 (IST)
New Delhi: A year after acquiring online maternity and childcare brand BabyOye, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) today said it will sell its franchise business to competitor FirstCry for Rs. 362.1 crore on a slump sale basis and also invest in it.
“A business transfer agreement has been executed by and between Mahindra Retail Pvt Ltd (MRPL), a subsidiary of the company, Brainbees Solutions (FirstCry) and founder of FirstCry to transfer the franchise division of MRPL (BabyOye) as a going concern on a slump sale basis to FirstCry,” M&M said in a BSE filing.
The total lump sum consideration for the transfer of the business is Rs. 362.1 crore, it added.
The Board of Directors of the two companies have already approved this strategic move.
Elaborating on the agreement, the company said: “In terms of the structure of the transaction, Mahindra Retail and FirstCry have consolidated their operations, with Mahindra Retail selling its franchise business to FirstCry, and operating all company stores under a FirstCry master franchise agreement”.
“FirstCry additionally raises $34 million (approx Rs. 226 crore) of new equity capital from the Mahindra Group, PE fund Adveq, Kris Gopalakrishnan and participation from all existing shareholders,” it said.
Mahindra Retail has over 120 stores across the country operating under the ‘babyOye by Mahindra’ brand.
“The merged entity will conduct its business under the brand name FirstCry.com – A FirstCry Mahindra Venture. FirstCry.com will have a parent base of over 4 million, a footprint of over 300 stores spread across 125 cities,” it added.
FirstCry was founded by successful serial entrepreneur Supam Maheshwari, who had previously built and successfully sold Brainvisa Technologies. He will continue as the CEO of the combined entity FirstCry.
Mahindra Retail acquired Babyoye.com in February 2015.
(Source – http://profit.ndtv.com/news/corporates/article-...)
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Karishma Kapoor too has a share in BabyOye.
Official announcement and press release is available here – http://mahindraretail.com/press_release_mr...df
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he he…this is the whole gameplay of the fake world of “valuation” of e-companies.
Everybody seems to agree and join the bangwagon and have a piece of the cake.
now babyoye deals also will be ignored same as firstcry deals are ignored on DD
Mom&Me got BabyOye & now here their FirstCry
Hope it gets better now..