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UGRO Capital to acquire Profectus capital in Rs 1,409 crore cash deal

UGRO Capital to acquire Profectus capital in Rs 1,409 crore cash deal

Hyderabad, June 18 (UNI) UGRO Capital Limited, a leading DataTech NBFC focused on MSME lending, on Wednesday announced it has executed a Share Purchase Agreement with the existing shareholders of Profectus Capital Private Limited ("Profectus") to acquire 100% of the shares of Profectus.
This all-cash deal, with the consideration payable in a single tranche at closing, shall mobilise proceeds from UGRO's recently announced equity raise and will deploy capital into a fully secured asset portfolio delivering instant scale benefits with zero origination costs, making Profectus a wholly owned subsidiary, the company said in a release.
We estimate that this acquisition would add around Rs 150 crores of annualised profit to UGRO making it a capital adequacy accretive transaction.

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