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The CESC scrip touched its all-time high on the BSE on Monday closing at Rs. 1020.15 apiece, up by 6.65 per cent than the last closing. On August 29, last year, the company's shares were valued at Rs. 649.90, which is 57 per cent lower than its current valuation.Analysts opined that the rise is primarily on account of the clarity over the demerger date which is expected to be October 1 with the company expected to complete the due diligence process by the end of September."As a result of the demerger, the value which will be unlocked will be very high. The shareholders previously were unsure on the date on which it'll happen. Now, since there is some clarity and October 1 is the expected date of demerger, its shareholders are reacting positively", Rupesh Sankhe, research analyst with Reliance Securities told Business Standard.Sankhe further reasoned that when the company had announced the demerger process, its scrip had touched Rs. 988.30 in May this year but then hovered around Rs. ..
RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group's flagship company, CESC Ltd, on Thursday announced restructuring of the company's business verticals into four distinct companies which will be listed on the country's bourses by October 1 this year.As per the demerger, the group's power business will be divided into two - generation and distribution while its retail arm, led by Spencer's Retail will become the third company. The rest of the company's business verticals, which includes its BPO arm, Firstsource Solutions, sports division, New Rising Promoters, the real estate wing, Quest Properties India, the FMCG division, Guiltfree, and others will form the fourth entity.The group's current flagship company, CESC Ltd, will take over the distribution business while the other three companies will be listed on BSE, NSE and the Calcutta Stock Exchange.The generation wing will be named Haldia Energy Ltd while the retail division will be christened RP-SG Retail Ltd. The entity which will have the rest of the ...