INDIABULLS REAL ESTATE: Board approves de-merger of Power business
IBREL will transfer the power business, comprising of 59% stake in Indiabulls Power as a going concern to Indiabulls Infrastructure and Power Limited (IIPL). This is a 100% subsidiary of IBREL; and shareholders of IBREL will be entitled to 2.95 shares of IIPL for every 1 share held in IBREL.
Indiabulls Builders (a 100% sub of IBREL) will be amalgamated with IBREL. We believe this exercise is to create focused entities & address shareholder concerns.
Prior to this step, investors were ascribing a holding company discount to IBREL's ~59% stake in IPL; while this step still maintains a status quo as shareholders continue to hold shares in an unlisted holding company, going forward this issue could be potentially addressed by merging/amalgamating IIPL with IPL.
Motilal Oswal currently have a Buy rating on IBREL.