The final shareholder agreements triggering India Inc’s largest M&A is expected to be signed over the weekend and a formal announcement is due mid-next week. While Walmart is expected to get a 55-61 percent stake in Flipkart, Alphabet will pick up around 10 percent in Flipkart, bringing to an end of months of deal-making. Analysts predict that Walmart could also leverage its logistics, supply chain and retail sourcing experience to improve Flipkart’s operations for the company to compete better against its rival Amazon India. Amazon, which was also in the race to acquire a substantial stake in Flipkart, did not find favour from most of the company investors even as Softbank rallied for the Jeff Bezos-led tech giant. The transaction will involve a bunch of Flipkart’s shareholders partially or completely selling their stakes to the Walmart-led group.

Source: bd News24 May 05, 2018 03:45 UTC